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Political science
The social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics.
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leisure class
Politics; Political Science
Any group of people who do not have to work for a living, or who work very little and have time for leisure and recreation. Despite predictions in the 1950s and 1960s that new technology would mean ...
Leninism
Politics; Political Science
The modern form of Marxism as developed by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924). Lenin led the uprising that overthrew the Russian government in the October Revolution of 1917. He applied Marxism to the ...
liaison
Politics; Political Science
A linking up or connecting to, so as to coordinate activities, especially of a military nature.
liberal
Politics; Political Science
In political speech now in the U.S. a liberal is a person who believes it is the duty of government to ameliorate social conditions and create a more equitable society. Liberals favor generous ...
liberalism
Politics; Political Science
In the nineteenth century in Europe, the great age of liberalism, the term stood for freedom from church and state authority and the reduction of the power of royalty and aristocracy, free enterprise ...
libertarianism
Politics; Political Science
The belief that government should not interfere in the lives of citizens, other than to provide police and military protection. Libertarianism cannot easily be placed on the left-right scale that is ...
