Politics is a fundamental social activity through which individuals and groups seek to shape, maintain, and transform the organization of power and authority in society. At its core, politics is concerned with decision-making in situations where there are diverse interests, competing values, and limited resources. It involves the processes by which collective choices are made, implemented, and enforced, especially in relation to the state, government, and public institutions. Politics is not confined only to governments or formal institutions; it is present wherever power relations exist and where human beings interact to resolve conflicts or pursue common goals. One of the most widely accepted understandings of politics views it as the activity associated with the state. In this sense, politics refers to the functioning of government, the formulation of public policies, the making of laws, and the exercise of authority by political institutions such as legislatures, executives, and judiciaries. Thinkers like Max Weber emphasized the state as a human community that successfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory. From this perspective, politics becomes the struggle to control the state apparatus and to influence how authoritative decisions are made and enforced. Elections, political parties, pressure groups, and public administration all fall within this traditional domain of politics. Another influential understanding defines politics as the art or science of government. This classical view, rooted in the writings of Aristotle, sees politics as a purposeful activity aimed at achieving the good life for citizens. Aristotle described politics as the “master science” because it organizes and directs other social activities toward the common good. In this normative sense, politics is not merely about power or competition but about ethical judgment, justice, and the pursuit of collective welfare. Political activity, therefore, involves deliberation