Relationship of Political Science and Sociology

Contribution
Political Science > Sociology : Facts about the organization & functions of the State
Sociology > Political Science : Knowledge of the origin of political authority and laws which controlled society
Difference
Political Science	Sociology
♦   Study of the political governance of man ♦   A specialized branch of sociology ♦   Has more restricted field to cover than sociology	♦  Deals with man in all his varied social relations and in all forms of human association ♦  Not confined to 1 aspect of man alone
♦   Political life of man begins much later than his social life	♦  Prior to Political Science
♦   Study the politically organized society and conscious political activities of man	♦  Embraces the study of organized & unorganized communities and the conscious & unconscious activities of man
♦   Aims at the past, present and future determination of the political organization of mankind	♦  The study of various social institutions that exist or have hitherto existed ♦  Does not and cannot predict about the future of society & social relationships ♦  Its study is empirical, has no philosophical trend to follow
Ernest Barker, Political Thought in England (1848-1914) : “Political theory only deals with political associations, united by a constitution and living under a government; sociology deals with all associations. Political theory assumes as a datum (data / suatu fakta atau cadangan yang digunakan untuk membuat kesimpulan atau keputusan) that man is a political being, it does not explain, as sociology seeks to do, how he came to be a political being.”