We explain what a political scientist is, what are the fields of study in which he specializes and some famous political scientists.
What is a political scientist?
A political scientist is called a professional of political science, that is, a person who studied Political Sciences: a discipline dedicated to the design and implementation of the different organization systems of the societies.
Hence, political scientists consider themselves specialists in politics, and the term can often be extended to those who, having trained in other fields of knowledge, demonstrate great scholarship in the matter. In other words, a political scientist demonstrates extensive knowledge of the dynamics of power in human society, being able to analyze it from various critical perspectives.
Political science as a field of organized knowledge makes use of various areas of knowledgeHow are the sociology, the economy, the history and other specialized tools such as statistics, analysis of speech, etc.
This multidisciplinary approach would have to give a political scientist sufficient tools to explain and therefore understand the political problems faced by a given society.
Similarly, a political scientist can work professionally in areas such as public administration, inter-institutional relations or public relations, or exercise the work of teacher, communicator and researcher.
Its performance in the public sector is key, since it contributes to the political leadership of the nation Me in the management its resources (human and material); while in the private sector it may well devote its capacities to thought complex and detection of needs to the design of strategies and planning from objectives. They are highly versatile professionals in their immediate field of work.
Famous political scientists
A list of renowned political scientists in the history of this discipline should begin even before its formal acceptance into the academy of the social Sciences: in the philosophers of antiquity such as Plato, Aristotle or Plutarch, who developed political philosophy; but also, later, in the work of other modern thinkers such as Niccolò Machiavelli (author of the famous treatisePrince), the Baron de Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau or Carlos Marx.
Other prominent names, although much more contemporary, are Max Weber, Harold Lasswell, Norberto Bobbio, Hannah Arendt and Robert Alan Dahl. Many of them are responsible for shaping contemporary political thought and also, indirectly, for the current political makeup of many nations.