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Welcome to the world of Political Science at BCC
Political Science deals with the exercise of POWER.
"...who gets what, when and how" H. Lasswell Major topics of Political Science include:
- the origin, nature, and purpose of the State (political theory)
- various forms of government (e.g., presidential and parliamentary systems)
- the concentration or dispersal of powers found in governments (checks and balances)
- relationships between the individual and the State (rights and liberties)
- elections
- politcal parties and interest groups
- ideologies that affect government policy (democracy, socialism, communism and fascism)
- public policy and
- international relations.
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