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

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political access
Politics; Political Science

The ability to gain the attention of people in positions of influence in the political world. Gaining political access is the main function of lobbyists.

political asylum
Politics; Political Science

The granting of refuge by a state to an individual who has fled his country because of persecution. This is a right stated in Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human ...

political capital
Politics; Political Science

The sum total of potential political influence that a politician builds up, by doing favors to others, supporting another lawmaker on a key issue, etc., so that when the time ...

puppet regime
Politics; Political Science

A regime that is controlled by the government of another state. For example, Vichy France, which refers to the French government after France fell to the Germans in World War II, ...

purge
Politics; Political Science

To get rid of party members and other citizens who are not toeing the official party line, or who are perceived as a potential or actual threat. Purges are usually associated with ...

pyrrhic victory
Politics; Political Science

A victory in which the victor pays too high a price to make it worthwhile. The phrase comes from the victory of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, over the Romans at Asculum in 279 B.C., in ...

quid pro quo
Politics; Political Science

A Latin phrase meaning one thing for another; tit-for-tat. For example, during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, President John Kennedy gave a personal (although not official) ...

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