Political science

Political science

The social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics.

Contributors in Political Science

Political science

Freedom, emancipation; often applied to the freeing of a people after enemy occupation (the liberation of France in 1944, for example). Revolutionary movements sometimes call themselves liberation ...

liberty

Politics; Political Science

Freedom, particularly from any unnecessary restraints imposed by governmental authority. Liberty was one of the slogans of the French Revolution ("Liberty, equality, fraternity") and it has proved a ...

lien

Politics; Political Science

A legal term which refers to the claim a lender has on someone's property, as security in the event of nonpayment of a debt.

limited government

Politics; Political Science

The clarion call of American conservatives from the mid-1990s to the present, a limited government is one that does not have enormous power. Such a government is in fact provided for in the ...

limited war

Politics; Political Science

A war in which a nation does not use all the military or economic resources it possesses. The war in Vietnam was for the U.S., a limited war, with only gradual increases in force being applied, and ...

lobby

Politics; Political Science

Similar to interest group, a lobby is any individual or group that attempts to exert an influence over legislation or other government action. Lobbyists come from all sectors of society: business, ...