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Distinction between State and Society, The terms society and state have frequently been used interchangeably. Aristotle, for example, recognised no distinction between the State and society. As a result, the Greek city-states were said to coexist with society. These two terms “society and state” are frequently used interchangeably, yet they differ in several ways. The…
[ Distinction Between the State and Government ], The terms state and government have been used interchangeably and incorrectly. They have frequently been used interchangeably, as if there is no distinction between the two. In England, the Stuarts never distinguished between the state and the government. They used this to justify their total power. “I…
The modern state is constituted of the following four Constituent elements: The first two constituent aspects of the modern state are physical, the third is political, and the fourth is spiritual. We will now look at these four basic aspects of the modern state one by one. Population or the number of people There is…
As previously said, Political Science is concerned with the State, the highest of all human relationships. The Greek term “polis” is most closely related to the English term “state.” “Polis” was the Greek name for “City States.” The phrase was appropriate because there were “city-states” in Greece at the time. “Political Science was largely municipal…
Political Science is closely connected to the term “Politics,” which is derived from the Greek word “Polis,” which meaning a city-state, which was the general form of political organisation in ancient Greece. Thus, the origins of Western political thinking may be traced back to Greece. In Athens, the Sophists (roving teachers of wisdom), notably Protagoras…
