CEVAP:

A systematic study is possible in Political Science. Scientific methods and establishment of connection between cause and effect are also possible in Political Science. If knowledge that has been gathered as a result of a systematic method can be called as science, then, we can safely claim that Political Science is a science. Political Science really follows a scientific method while studying the political phenomena. For example, a political scientist may systematically observe the electoral behavior in a constituency with a view to formulating general principles in electoral behavior. Moreover, political scientists such as Aristotle and James Bryce observed systematically the working of the governmental systems in many states. As a result of this, certain general principles were formulated. Therefore, when we examine the principles of Political Science, we observe that these principles have been formulated after a systematic study of political phenomena. In this sense, Political Science is a science. This is mainly because of the fact that the study of Political Science is value-free as well as value-laden.