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A '''politician''', '''political leader''', or '''political figure''' (from [[Ancient Greek|Classical Greek]] πόλις, "[[polis]]") is a person who is involved in [[politics|influencing public policy and decision making]]. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of [[election]], [[inheritance]], [[coup d'état]], [[wikt:appointment|appointment]], [[Conquest (military)|conquest]], or other means. They create |
A '''politician''', '''political leader''', or '''political figure''' (from [[Ancient Greek|Classical Greek]] πόλις, "[[polis]]") is a person who is involved in [[politics|influencing public policy and decision making]]. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of [[election]], [[inheritance]], [[coup d'état]], [[wikt:appointment|appointment]], [[Conquest (military)|conquest]], or other means. They create or propose laws and policy. Politics is not limited to [[governance]] through public office. Political offices may also be held in corporations. In civil uprisings, politicians may be called freedom fighters. In media campaigns, politicians are often referred to as activists. |
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A politician, political leader, or political figure (from Classical Greek πόλις, "polis") is a person who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, inheritance, coup d'état, appointment, conquest, or other means. They create or propose laws and policy. Politics is not limited to governance through public office. Political offices may also be held in corporations. In civil uprisings, politicians may be called freedom fighters. In media campaigns, politicians are often referred to as activists.
Considered a politician
People who are politically active, especially in party politics. A person holding or seeking political office whether elected or appointed, whether professionally or otherwise. Positions range from local offices to executive, legislative and judicial offices of state and national governments.[1][2] Some law enforcement officers, such as sheriffs, are considered politicians.[3][4]
Public choice theory
Public choice theory involves the use of modern economic tools to study problems that are traditionally in the province of political science. (A more general term is "political economy", an earlier name for "economics" that evokes its practical and theoretical origins, but should not be mistaken for the Marxian use of the same term.)
In particular, it studies the behavior of voters, politicians, and government officials as (mostly) self-interested agents and their interactions in the social system either as such or under alternative constitutional rules. These can be represented a number of ways, including standard constrained utility maximization, game theory, or decision theory. Public choice analysis has roots in positive analysis ("what is"), but is often used for normative purposes ("what ought to be"), to identify a problem or suggest how a system could be improved by changes in constitutional rules.[5] A key formulation of public choice theory is in terms of rational choice, the agent-based proportioning of scarce means to given ends. An overlapping formulation with a different focus is positive political theory. Another related field is social choice theory.
There are also Austrian variants of public choice theory (suggested by Mises,[6] Hayek, Kirzner, Lopez, and Boettke) in which it is assumed that bureaucrats and politicians are benevolent, but have access to limited information.
Criticism
There have been some publishers who criticised politicians for being out of touch with the public. Areas of friction include the manner in which politicians speak, which have been described as too formal with too many euphemistic and metaphorical expressions, and is commonly perceived as an attempt to "obscure, mislead, and confuse".[7]
See also
References
- ^ "politician - Webster's New World College Dictionary". Yourdictionary.com. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ "politician - Princeton Wordnet dictionary". wordfind.com.
- ^ Gaines, Miller, Larry, Roger LeRoy (2012). Criminal Justice in Action. Wadsworth Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 978-1111835576.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Grant, Grant, Donald Lee, Jonathan (2001). The Way It Was in the South: The Black Experience in Georgia. University of Georgia Press. p. 449. ISBN 978-0820323299.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Tullock, 1987, pp. 1040–41
- ^ Bureaucracy, Mises
- ^ Invitation to Critical Thinking - Page 319, Vincent E. Barry - 2007
- Welch, Susan, John Gruhl, John Comer, and Susan M. Rigdon. Understanding American Government. 8th ed. Belmont, USA: Thompson Wadsworth, 2006
- "Merriam Webster Online Dictionary" Definition of politician 5 June 2006
External links
The dictionary definition of politician at Wiktionary
Quotations related to Politician at Wikiquote
