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1) Social relations involving authority or power. 2) The art or science of governing.
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bell curve
Politics; Political Science
Discovered by Abraham de Moivre when he noticed that many phenomena cluster around an average value and in so doing form a bell shaped curve. The heights of Canadians for examples ...
belligerency
Politics; Political Science
The term belligerent is used to refer to countries that are at war. International law grants to groups involved in an insurrection in their own country the status of belligerency, ...
berdache
Politics; Political Science
A male who takes on the roles of women and who may also dress as a woman and engage in sexual intimacy with men. More recently, the term "Two Spirits", which has traditional ...
bias
Politics; Political Science
An inclination or prejudice that prevents objective judgment of something, as in hiring practices showed a bias against minorities.
bicameral government
Politics; Political Science
A government that consists of two legislative bodies rather than one. The U.S. has a bicameral system, since both the House of Representatives and the Senate have to approve a ...
bicameralism
Politics; Political Science
Type of government in which the legislature is divided into two separate chambers, an upper and lower house. The upper house is composed of state or provincial representatives and ...
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