How Political Science is Currently Taught: From a Turkish Perspective

Abstract

Although the existence of political science dates back to the Ancient Greek era, up to the hundredth century political science was generally understood as a state of science and studied in branches of science such as law, economics and sociology. In this sense, the subject of political science is; what the state is, how it emerged, its sources, its duties, its types, institutions and institutions in the state. Today, the main issue of political science constitutes political power. In this sense, what is political power, its source, its dependence, its seizure, its limitation, its transfer, its usage, factors affecting political power, political parties, sovereignty, various political systems and political science are examined. Political parties, elections, electoral systems, state systems, political institutions and organizations, political behaviors, political culture, public opinion, pressure groups and their effects are included in the research field of political science in this framework. Political science, institutions related to political authority and the formation of these institutions and we can define it as a consciousness of the behaviors that play a role in the process. Such a definition, on the one hand, encompasses the whole of the subjects of political science today, but on the other hand it brings a very clear limit.