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

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collectivization

Politics; Political Science

The transfer of something from private to public ownership. For example, the establishment of communism involved the collectivization of land and private property.

collegialism

Politics; Political Science

A theory that the church is an organization equal to and independent of the state, with authority resting in its members.

colonization

Politics; Political Science

The establishment of a colony. Sometimes this involves moving a group of people from the colonizing state into the area to be colonized, usually to solidify control and to ...

colony

Politics; Political Science

A territory that is ruled by another state. Hong Kong, for example, was a colony of Great Britain until 1997, when China took over responsibility for it. Many Colonies have a ...

cominform

Politics; Political Science

The Communist Information Bureau, set up in 1947 to coordinate the activities of communist parties in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, France, and Italy. It was dissolved in ...

coming-into-force clause

Politics; Political Science

The clause of a bill stating the date upon which an Act will come into effect. Such a clause may also indicate only that an Act or some part of it will come into force on a date ...

Comintern

Politics; Political Science

The Communist International, also known as the Third International. The Comintern was founded in Russia in 1919, with the purpose of promoting revolutionary Marxism. As such, it ...