• Dr. Deoniti Prasad Sinha

Political science is the study of political institutions, constitutions and policy processes. It aims at an accurate description and explanation of these features of politics. It is an empirical (positive) science in terms that it seeks to collect data and analyses it much as a natural scientist would collect a sample and put it under the microscope. The empirical study of institutions and laws is a vital part of any study of politics. If political science asks ‘what are the key building blocks of politics?’ political theory may ask ‘why are these, the key building blocks of politics?’ If political science identifies human-rights legislation as a key feature of contemporary politics, political theory might ask ‘is this just?’ The scholars like Arthur Bentley (The Process of Government), George Catlin (The Science and Method of Politics), David Easton (The Political System), Robert Dahl (Modern Political Analysis) and others have treated political theory as a science. Positivism is generally understood as having three distinct stages, associated with the name of Auguste Comte, Ernst Mach and finally Carnap, the Vienna Circle and Logical Positivism. Positivism relies on quantitative data that positivists believe is more reliable than qualitative research. Positivists believe that since there are set laws and rules followed, there will be minimum room for error. Positivism believes that objective inferences and conclusions can be reached as long as the person doing the observation is objective and disregards her emotions. Positivists see things as they are and tend to disregard unexplained phenomena. If a theory that says A only occurs when B and C combine, then B can never be A.

Science and Method of Politics, The Political System, Modern Political Analysis, Political Theory & Positivism.

"A SCIENCE OF POLITICS POSITIVISM: PROS AND CONS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 10, page no.793-799, October-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1710123.pdf

"A SCIENCE OF POLITICS POSITIVISM: PROS AND CONS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 10, page no. pp793-799, October-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1710123.pdf