Competitive politics is a sub-discipline of political science with a goal to develop perspectives of similarities and differences between domestic political systems. As old as pol sc. Aristotle -Father of Pol Sc and Father of Comparative Politics Comparison b/w Domestic Political systems Traditional comparative politics (TCP) Very old. Also called Legal institutional Approach Aristotle had studied 158 constitutions to determine the best politik. Machiavelli compared societies and suggested that democracy should be only where people are virtuous. Focus : Western countries Non western world - colonised; no independent system Traditional Approach : Legal Insti approach which involved comparison between institutions like J, E, L and the constitutions. Limitations Parochial - narrow in nature and scope Ethnocentric Ppl outside Barbarians Civi...