A second approach to political science is the Institutional Political Science, that is the routine description of and analysis of formal political structures and processes, based on the more readily accessible official sources and records." Political scientists after careful work gathering resources will then analyze the institution(s).

This work can be very rewarding in its implications, although it takes much dedication. For example, based on material collected in nine archival and library collections, Dr. Levine and Dr. Chen San-ching made an analysis of five Chinese Political Parties based in France during the 1920s. They found for example, that regionally the Cantonese comprised between 25-35% of each group, such as the Anarchists, Social Democrats or the radical Right group . . . However, they only comprised 5% of the European Branch of the Chinese Communist Party. The finding of this information then will lead to a key question of why the Cantonese could accept a Socialist Democrat or radical Anarchist affiliation, but not a Communist one?