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1) Social relations involving authority or power. 2) The art or science of governing.

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incomes policy
Politics; Political Science

Any government policy that exerts some kind of control over wages and prices. This is usually done to keep inflation down, and can take various forms: a wage freeze; voluntary ...

incorporation
Politics; Political Science

The creating of a corporation by going through the legal formalities. Applicants must apply for a charter, which is issued by the state, and which sets forth the powers, rights ...

incrementalism
Politics; Political Science

A cautious type of decision-making, often used in budgeting, in which a limited range of gradual changes to a given policy are discussed, and then tested by implementation one at ...

independent counsel
Politics; Political Science

Also known as special prosecutor. An independent counsel is appointed on the recommendation of the Attorney General to investigate possible wrongdoing by senior officials in the ...

indexation
Politics; Political Science

A policy in the government pegs wages and unemployment benefits, etc., to inflation rates. As prices go up, so do wages. Countries that have tried indexation have often found that ...

indictment
Politics; Political Science

A document submitted by a grand jury to a court, accusing an individual of a specific crime.

individualism
Politics; Political Science

The idea that the individual should be allowed to shape his or her own destiny, without having governments interfering and deciding on their behalf what is in their interests. ...

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