politice
Politics is the set of activities associated with governance, public policy, and the distribution of power within a society. The term derives from the Greek polis, referring to city-states and citizenship, and in modern use denotes the means by which collective decisions are made and contested. Politics operates through institutions, actors, and processes that shape who gets what, when, and how.
Core political institutions include legislatures, executives, judiciaries, electoral bodies, and civil service agencies. Political actors range
Key processes include elections and representation, policy formulation, lawmaking, implementation, and accountability. Public deliberation, coalition-building, and
Public policy emerges through a cycle: agenda-setting, policy design, adoption, implementation, and evaluation, with feedback shaping
Political systems vary across regimes, including democracies, authoritarian or semi-authoritarian states, and hybrid forms. Ideologies—such as
Political study—often called political science—seeks to explain how power is acquired, exercised, and constrained, assess the