first, the determination of fundamental principles; second, the description of political institutions,or governmental organisations considered at rest; and third, the denomination of the laws of political life and development, the motives that give rise to political action, the conditions that occasions that occasion particular political manifestations.
the oxford English dictionary defines politics as;
the science and art of government ; the science dealing with the from. organisation and administration of a state or part of one, and with the regulation of its relations with other states.