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Politics (from Greek πολιτικος, [politikós]: «citizen», «civilian»), is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to behavior within civil governments, but politics has been observed in other group interactions, including corporate, academic, and religious institutions. It consists of "social relations involving authority or power"[1] and refers to the regulation of a political unit,[2] and to the methods and tactics used to formulate and apply policy.[3]
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1 Etymology
2 History
2.1 Native Americans
2.2 Patriarchal societies
2.3 The state
2.3.1 The state and property
2.3.2 The state and the justice system
2.3.3 The state
2.3.4 The state and the executive system
2.3.5 The varieties of political experience
2.3.6 Political party
3 As an academic discipline
4 Spectra
4.1 Left-right politics
4.2 Authoritarian-libertarian politics
4.3...