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

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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Politics; Political Science

Aims to promote collaboration among nations through education, science and culture. The U.S. withdraw from Unesco in 1985, because of its alleged anti-Western bias. Headquarters ...

United Nations Secretariat

Politics; Political Science

The office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the chief administrative officer of the U.N. He has the power to bring to the attention of the Security Council any ...

universalism

Politics; Political Science

The theological doctrine that all people, rather than the selected few who belong to a particular faith, will eventually find salvation in God.

usurpation

Politics; Political Science

The seizing of something, usually a position of power or authority, that is not rightfully one's own. When, for example, the military in Haiti overthrew the democratically elected ...

usury

Politics; Political Science

The loaning of money at an excessively high rate of interest.

utilitarianism

Politics; Political Science

A political philosophy developed in England in the nineteenth century, by thinkers such as Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, which says that the duty of government is to ...

utility

Politics; Political Science

In economics, the ability of a good or service to satisfy human want. It is therefore a psychological thing and cannot be measured in absolute terms. Goods that have utility for ...