ABSTRACT
The constantly changing and expanding environment of the social science disciplines is also reflected in the study of politics. Political science includes the study of local, state and national politics and governance, international relations, political theory and history, to name only a few examples in the wide variety of human endeavors included in the study of politics and political behavior. Thus, political science can be defined as a diverse and constantly changing field of inquiry into the political behavior of individuals and groups of human beings, the institutions with which humankind identifies and governs itself, and the values that underlie political thought and systems. The research conducted by political scientists necessarily addresses the many questions that arise in this wide-ranging field of social science.
