Question

What is meant by politics and political theory and why we study it?​

Answer 1

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• ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀʏ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴜᴅʏ ᴏғ ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ɪᴅᴇᴀs ᴀɴᴅ ᴠᴀʟᴜᴇs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛɪᴄᴇ, ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴜsᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇsᴄʀɪʙᴇ, ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀssᴇss ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴘʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴄᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴsᴛɪᴛᴜᴛɪᴏɴs.
• ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀʏ ʜᴇʟᴘs ᴜs ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇᴘᴛs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ sʜᴀᴘᴇᴅ ᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄs, ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅɪɴɢ ғʀᴇᴇᴅᴏᴍ, ᴇǫᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ, ɪɴᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ, ᴅᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴊᴜsᴛɪᴄᴇ. ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛʟʏ, ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀʏ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏғ ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ sᴄɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴇxᴘʟᴏʀᴇs ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏᴡ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇ ɪᴛ.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Political philosophy, also known as political theory, is the study of topics such as politics, liberty, justice, property, rights, law, and the enforcement of laws by authority: what they are, if they are needed, what makes a government legitimate, what rights and freedoms it should protect, what form it should take, ...

Political Theory helps us better understand the concepts that have shaped our politics, including freedom, equality, individuality, democracy and justice