How Political Science is a stepping stone to becoming a global citizen
April 12, 2021, 5:43 PM IST
Shahnaaz Khan is Faculty, Political Science, Head of Department, Humanities at Shiv Nadar School, Noida
Politics can sometimes seem the anathema of our times. With connotations such as graft and greed, the ability of politics to create resilient, equal and peaceful societies seems to be lost upon us. Even the Political Science NCERT textbook for Grade XI spends a part of its initial chapter explaining why politics has such a bad rap, and why that needs to change. How then can the study of politics help change its image and create purposeful and participative citizens?