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

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all-male party

Politics; Political Science

Among chimpanzees, a small group of adult or adolescent males.

allotted day

Politics; Political Science

A day reserved for the discussion of the business of supply, the actual topic of debate being chosen by a Member in opposition. There are twenty-one allotted days in each calendar ...

allowances

Politics; Political Science

Amounts included in the budget to cover possible additional expenditures for statutory pay increases and other requirements.

alterity

Politics; Political Science

From the word alter - to make a thing different. A term central to postmodern discussions of identity in which the self is given meaning in terms of an "other". This other is ...

alternative vote

Politics; Political Science

Procedure to select a political figure to office by which voters rank the candidates and a winner is declared only if he receives more then half the total votes cast. Only first ...

altruism

Politics; Political Science

Social behavior and value orientation in which individuals give primary consideration to the interests and welfare of other individuals, members of groups or the community as a ...

ambassador

Politics; Political Science

Legal representative of a given nation-state in another. Diplomatic agent of the highest rank accredited to a foreign government or sovereign as the resident representative of his ...