Question

critically discuss the relationship of political science with geography and sociology​

Answer 1

History, Sociology, and Political Science

History, Sociology, and Political Science Next, political science is closely intertwined with sociology as both branches attempt to study human behavior in groups. Whereas sociology studies the entire societies, political science is concerned with the political systems that are part of the larger society.

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Answer 2

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Explanation:

Aristotle has called Political Science „The Master Science‟ as it deals with human

beings who is a social being having many dimensions; historical, political,

economical, psychological, sociological etc. Political Science is concerned with the

political aspect of this social man and his interaction with the various dimensions of

his social life, be it economical, social, psychological, sociological, historical etc. One

question which comes to mind, therefore, is it correct to call Political Science „the

master science‟ or is it just one of the social sciences? Until 18th Century

specialization of Political Science didn‟t exist since various aspects of society was

studied under single discipline known as „moral philosophy‟. In the words of Lipset

“Until the 18th Century the moral sciences, as the social sciences were then known,

possessed greater unity than diversity1

”. The beginning of 19th century brought

industrialization and with it came specialization of social sciences as it became

beyond the scope of Political science to study the various aspects of the complicated

social phenomenon under a single discipline. Easton writes, “the purely physical need

for a division of labour helps to account for the distinctions among the social

sciences…the social sciences have grown up as separate disciplines because and only

because of this historical necessity. The actual allocation of subject matter to the

various disciplines is simply a matter of accident…even though distinctions in social

knowledge have existed from the every beginning of human inquiry into the society2

”.

What distinguishes political science as an academic discipline is its emphasis

on government and power. However, the study of government and power is not

confined to political science: it naturally permeates into other social sciences and

hence its association with the other social sciences and the growth of interdisciplinary

study in social sciences. According to Easton, “Specialization in social sciences has

stimulated a movement towards a reintegration of our compartmentalized knowledge;

which should go a long way towards remedying these defects. Even though the future

must witness an increase in the rate of cross-fertilization and in the degree of

cooperation among the social sciences, there are few realists who envision the

1 Lipset, S M (1960), “Political Man”, pp. 23-102.

2 Easton, David (1953), “The Political System”, pp. 103.