The study of government of states and other political units

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Politics is an academic journal belonging to the Political Studies Association established in 1981. Its current editors are Martin Coward and Kyle Grayson. According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 0.490, ranking ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, "science of government," from politic (adj.), modeled on Aristotle's ta politika "affairs of state," the name of his book on governing and governments, which was in English mid-15c. as "Polettiques." Also see -ics .Politicks is the science of good ...