Concept information
Preferred term
politics, policy, polity
Definition
- How much do the terms politics, policy, and polity differ from one another and how helpful is their distinction for the research on political communication? In Anglo-American technical terminology, each of these terms describes a different nuance of the political. Polity is used in the sense of “community.” The term comes from the Greek word polis and includes not only the city state, but also other forms of politically organized societies such as the nation-state and the empire. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Communication; Politics, Policy, Polity]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/politics,_policy,_polity
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