Politics (from Ancient Greek __ πολιτικά (_politiká)_ 'affairs of the
cities') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in
groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the
distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies
politics and government is referred to as political science.
Politics may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which
is compromising and non-violent, or descriptively as "the art or science of
government", but the word often also carries a negative connotation.