政治学探讨学习权利州及政府的本质和运作方式。公民的权利及义务集团政治行为的限制和可能性。一个政治的共同体是如何被社会 经济 以及文化所塑造的。最后还涉及人的本性 自由 民主主义 和正义的相关领域。
Political science examines the nature and workings of power, state, and government; the rights and duties of citizenship; the limits and possibilities of collective political action; how the political community is shaped by society, economics, and culture; and questions concerning human nature, freedom, democracy, and justice.