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of Modern political discourse focuses on democracy and the
relationship between people and politics. It is thought of as
the way we "choose government officials and make decisions about
public policy". The word politics comes from the Greek word
Πολιτικά (politika), modeled on Aristotle's "affairs of the
cites", the name of his book on governing and governments, which
was rendered in English in the mid-15th century as Latinized
"Polettiques". Thus it became "politics" in Middle English c.
1520s (see the Concise Oxford Dictionary). The singular politic
first attested in English 1430 and comes from Middle French
politique, in turn from Latin politicus, which is the
latinisation of the Greek πολιτικός (politikos), meaning amongst
others "of, for, or relating to citizens", "civil", "civic",
"belonging to the state", in turn from πολίτης (polites),
"citizen" and that from πόλις (polis), "city". The history of
politics is reflected in the origin and d