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| − | '''Politics''' is the art of governing an administrative entity, such as a city or nation, as well as the methods and beliefs involved in that management. | + | '''Politics''' is the art of governing an administrative entity, such as a city or nation, as well as the methods and beliefs involved in that management. |
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| + | In a [[democracy]], | ||
| + | people who share broad political goals often gather into [[parties]] to mobilize fundraising and create a unified manifesto, called a party [[platform]]. In a multi-party state, such as the United States, politics can be adversarial but in a productive way. | ||
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| + | In a single-party state, such as [[communist China]] or certain democracies where the minority party is practically non-existent, politics amounts to a process of rubber-stamping the decisions of a small ruling group. | ||
Sometimes the accusation that an opponent is "playing partisan politics" is thrown around as a criticism, but this is actually expected behavior in a multi-party system. | Sometimes the accusation that an opponent is "playing partisan politics" is thrown around as a criticism, but this is actually expected behavior in a multi-party system. | ||
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Revision as of 11:36, April 21, 2007
Politics is the art of governing an administrative entity, such as a city or nation, as well as the methods and beliefs involved in that management.
In a democracy, people who share broad political goals often gather into parties to mobilize fundraising and create a unified manifesto, called a party platform. In a multi-party state, such as the United States, politics can be adversarial but in a productive way.
In a single-party state, such as communist China or certain democracies where the minority party is practically non-existent, politics amounts to a process of rubber-stamping the decisions of a small ruling group.
Sometimes the accusation that an opponent is "playing partisan politics" is thrown around as a criticism, but this is actually expected behavior in a multi-party system.