tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54507658819208070172011-04-21T13:36:42.829-07:00POLITICShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14237888211686880911noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450765881920807017.post-54177671906243339932009-04-13T09:00:00.000-07:002009-04-13T09:03:13.676-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:-webkit-sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><b>Politics</b> is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government" title="Government" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; ">governments</a>, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation" title="Corporation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; ">corporate</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academia" title="Academia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; ">academic</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion" title="Religion" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; ">religious</a> institutions. It consists of "social relations involving authority or power" and refers to the regulation of a political unit and to the methods and tactics used to formulate and apply <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy" title="Policy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; ">policy</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">"Politics" ultimately comes from the Greek word "polis" meaning state or city. "Politikos" describes anything concerning the state or city affairs. In Latin, this was "politicus" and in French "politique". Thus it became "politics" in the English language.</p></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5450765881920807017-5417767190624333993?l=politiics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>POLITICShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14237888211686880911noreply@blogger.com0