Politics refers to the set of activities associated with making decisions in groups or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. It is the branch of social science that studies politics and government
. Politics is exercised on a wide range of social levels, from clans and tribes of traditional societies, through modern local governments, companies, and institutions up to sovereign states, to the international level. In modern nation-states, people often form political parties to represent their ideas. Members of a party often agree to take the same position on many issues and agree to support the same political solution
. Political culture describes how culture impacts politics. Every political system is embedded in a particular political culture
. The term "political" can be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and/or descriptively as "the art or science of government"
