write a short note on the following traditional meaning of politics
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According to the traditional political scientist from the early part of 20th century such as J W Garner, Henry Sidgwick, R G Gettel and others Politics deals mainly with study of state and government or related institutions.
R G Gettel defined politics as “the study of the state in the past, present and future, of political organization and political function, of political institutions and political theories.”
According to Laski “the study of politics concerns itself with the life of man in relation to organized states.”
According to Garner, “Political science begins and ends with state.”
According to Leacock, “Political science deals with government.”
Thus from above definitions it is clear that the traditional view of politics was narrow, static and limited and included only the study of state and government, its structure and organisation etc.