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{{Lang-gr|politiká|lit=affairs of the cities|label=none|italic=yes}}) is the set of activities that are associated with [[Decision-making|making decisions]] in groups, or other forms of [[Power (social and political)|power relations]] between individuals, such as the distribution of [[Resource|resources]]. The academic study of politics is referred to as [[political science]].

 

A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, [[negotiation]] with other political subjects, making [[law]]s, and exercising [[force (law)|force]], including [[warfare]] against adversaries.<ref name="Hammarlund1985">{{cite book|last=Hammarlund|first=Bo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BnRlAAAAIAAJ|title=Politik utan partier: studier i Sveriges politiska liv 1726-1727|publisher=Almqvist & Wiksell International|year=1985|isbn=|location=|page=8|access-date=25 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703043410/https://books.google.com/books?id=BnRlAAAAIAAJ|archive-date=3 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Brady2017">{{cite book|last=P. Brady|first=Linda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iNA3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT47|title=The Politics of Negotiation: America's Dealings with Allies, Adversaries, and Friends|publisher=[[University of North Carolina Press]]|year=2017|isbn=978-1-4696-3960-4|location=|page=47|access-date=25 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702141049/https://books.google.com/books?id=iNA3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT47|archive-date=2 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="HawkesworthKogan2013">{{cite book|author1=Hawkesworth|first=Mary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vXgKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA299|title=Encyclopedia of Government and Politics: 2-volume Set|last2=Kogan|first2=Maurice|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-91332-7|location=London|page=299|access-date=25 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702181253/https://books.google.com/books?id=vXgKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA299|archive-date=2 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Taylor2012">{{cite book|last=Taylor|first=Steven L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CV281jLqLPgC&pg=PT130|title=30-Second Politics: The 50 most thought-provoking ideas in politics, each explained in half a minute|publisher=Icon Books Limited|year=2012|isbn=978-1-84831-427-6|location=|page=130|access-date=25 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706214027/https://books.google.com/books?id=CV281jLqLPgC&pg=PT130|archive-date=6 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=L. Blanton|first=Shannon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_iVTCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA199|title=World Politics: Trend and Transformation, 2016–2017|last2=Kegley|first2=Charles W.|publisher=Cengage Learning|year=2016|isbn=978-1-305-50487-5|location=|page=199|access-date=26 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702151756/https://books.google.com/books?id=_iVTCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA199|archive-date=2 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Politics is exercised on a wide range of social levels, from [[clans]] and [[tribes]] of traditional societies, through modern [[local government]]s, [[company|companies]] and institutions up to [[sovereign state]]s, to the [[international politics|international level]]. In modern [[nation states]], people often form [[political parties]] to represent their ideas. Members of a party often agree to take the same position on many issues and agree to support the same changes to law and the same leaders. An [[election]] is usually a competition between different parties.