Groups involve power, rule, and authority {political science}|.
questions
How can groups have justice? How can laws maintain peace, stability, justice, and equality?
Which coercions can people use and when?
What rights and autonomy do people have, compared to need for community? When is it right to disobey? Why are there political obligations? Which property rights are best?
What balance of efficiency and equity is best? What balance of equity and liberty is best?
Which institutions are best? How can leaders best serve public?
How can power be effective and still have checks and balances?
Which state or society gives best relation between society and individual?
What is origin, purpose, or destiny of states or societies? Do states or societies evolve?
topics
Politics topics are authority, autonomy, class, coercion, collective responsibility, common good, consent, contract, equality, equity, justice, law, liberty, obligations, order, power, private, property, public, public interest, punishment, representation, revolution, rights, society, sovereignty, state, violence, voting, war, welfare, and well-being. Topics include good society and government, society and government processes, civilization growth, and prediction.
laws
Statements define rights and duties of citizens and other people.
values
Political values are about preferences, such as democratic or dictatorial and stability or change. People have feelings about war, peace, equality, and freedom. Attitudes toward political institutions depend on how institutions affect personal or general welfare. Revelation, intuition, reason, experience, or prophet teachings can determine political values.
conflict
Political-system members have some goals in common, but most goals differ, causing conflict. Government must resolve simple and complex conflicts. Conflicts also happen when people violate norms, threaten violence, or are third parties.
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