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Politics

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

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civilian

Politics; Political Science

Anyone who is not in military service.

civitas

Politics; Political Science

A Latin term meaning citizenship.

clan

Politics; Political Science

A close-knit social group held together by ties of kinship (as in clans in the Scottish Highlands) or other common interests. Sometimes writers refer to large or well-known ...

class

Politics; Political Science

A number of people or things grouped together; a group of people that are linked together because of certain things held in common, such as occupation, social status, economic ...

class struggle

Politics; Political Science

Conflict between different classes in a society. The idea of class struggle held an important place in Marxism. Karl Marx divided society into two broad groups: the capitalists, ...

classical economics

Politics; Political Science

The dominant theory of economics from the eighteenth century until superseded by neoclassical economics in the twentieth century. It is associated with Adam Smith's Wealth of ...