Political history is the narrative and analysis of political events, ideas, movements, organs of government, voters, parties and leaders.[1]It is interrelated to other fields of history, especially diplomatic history, as well as constitutional history and public history.
Political history studies the organization and operation of power in large societies. By focusing on the elites in power, on their impact on society, on popular response, and on the relationships with the elites in other social history, which focuses predominantly on the actions and lifestyles of ordinary people,[2] or people's history, which is historical work from the perspective of the common people.
