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Political science
The social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics.
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injunction
Politics; Political Science
A legal order from a court that prevents an individual or group from carrying out a certain action.
insurgence
Politics; Political Science
A revolt or uprising, as in, there was an insurgence in Iraq following the U.S. invasion in 2003.
insurgent
Politics; Political Science
Rebelling against the government or other form of political authority.
integration
Politics; Political Science
The opposite of segregation, integration means encouraging the free and equal mixing of different races, in education and public places. Integration in education was ordered by the Supreme Court in ...
intellectuals
Politics; Political Science
Similar to intelligentsia, those who are perceived by themselves and by others as forming an intellectual or learned class. Karl Marx thought that the support of at least some members of the ...
interest
Politics; Political Science
A group of people with a common cause, as in business interest; extra money paid for the use of money that is lent; benefit or advantage, as in it is in his interest to go.
