<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article possibly contains original research . Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations . Statements consisting only of original research should be removed . (June 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article possibly contains original research . Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations . Statements consisting only of original research should be removed . (June 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Politics (from Greek: Politiká: Politika, definition "affairs of the cities") is the process of making decisions that apply to members of a group . More narrowly, it refers to achieving and exercising positions of governance--organized control over a human community, particularly a state . Furthermore, politics is the study or practice of the distribution of power and resources within a given community (this is usually a hierarchically organized population) as well as the interrelationship (s) between communities . </P> <P> In most countries, people have formed political parties to put forward their ideas . There is usually some disagreement between people within a party, but they work together because they feel that they agree on enough things, and they will have more power if they join together . They agree to take the same position on many issues, and agree to support the same changes to law and the same leaders . An election is usually a competition between different parties . Some examples of political parties are the Liberal party, the Labor party, the Greens and the Conservative party . </P>

The word politics is derived from the greek word