RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

Morris Ginsberg

                 Political science and  sociology are closely related .Political science is that branch of social science which mostely deals with state,government and power.According to Morris Ginsberg ,"Historically sociology has it's main rules in politics and philosophy of history."

    Political science deals with the political activities of man .It deals with the principles of  organization and government of human society.It studies social groups organized under the sovereignty of the state.

    It is said that without the sociological background the study of political science will be complete.The forms of government ,the nature of govermental organs,the laws and sphere of the state activities are determined by the social process.Both the sciences are mutually helpful  since political activities is only a part of the social activities.

Niccolo Machiavell,one of the
 influential political theories

     Political activity influences and is influences by the social life of the man.Politics is after all the reflection of the society.Political science gives the fact about the organization and function of state of government.Similarly political science is derrived from a knowledge of the origin of the political authority.As political science is concern with the state,sociology also studies state  as one of the human association.The state in it's early form was more a social institution that of original one.

        Without sociological background,the study of political  science will be incomplete.But also sociology depend on pol;itical science for its conclusion.The special study of political life of the society is very important for the complete study of the society as a whole.
                 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

• Sociology is the science of society whereas political science is the science of state and government.
• Sociology studies all kinds of society organized and unorganized while political science studies politically organized society.
• The scope of sociology is found wider than scope of political science.
• Sociology studies man as fundamentally a social animal whereas political science studies man as a political animal.
• Sociology is the general science and is relatively younger but politocal science is special and is older than sociology.
• The approach of sociology is different then that of political science.

Despite the similarities and dissimilarities between two discipline sociology and political science,they have close ralationship.Political sociology thus become popular in the modern period.