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Expert: dr. Cristina Carpinelli - 8/18/2008
Question
what is the relation between political science and sociology?
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Answer
General definitions of two disciplines:
1) Political science is a branch of social science that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. Political Science is often described as the study of “who gets what, when and how”. Political science has several subfields, including: international relations, political theory, public policy and public administration, national politics, and comparative politics.
2) Sociology is the scientific or systematic study of society, including patterns of social relations, social stratification, social interaction and culture, social conflict and patterns of integration and deviance. Areas studied in sociology range from the analysis of brief contacts between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of global social interaction. Numerous fields within the discipline concentrate on how and why people are organized in society, either as individuals or as members of associations, groups, and institutions.
Relation between the two disciplines:
- They are both “social sciences” (sciences...