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Political science
The social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics.
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Politics; Political Science
OPEC's 12 members are the oil producing nations from the Middle East, Asia, and South America. OPEC coordinates the policies of members and determines the best means to safeguard their interests such ...
jurisdictional dispute
Politics; Political Science
A dispute between government bodies over which one has authority over a particular area, for the providing of services, taxation, or prosecution in a criminal case.
just war
Politics; Political Science
A war which is supported by the overwhelming majority of people in the country that is fighting the war, because they believe that they are in the right. World War II is considered a just war, ...
Keynesianism
Politics; Political Science
The economic theories of John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), and his followers. The Englishman Keynes's best known work was the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, published in 1936 at the ...
keynote
Politics; Political Science
The main point in a lecture or discussion, as in the keynote of the President's address was the importance of moral values.
kitchen cabinet
Politics; Political Science
The closet advisors of a president or prime minister. A kitchen cabinet may well consist of people who are not members of a formal cabinet. They may be close friends or cronies of the president, who ...
