Political science

Political science

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

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election

Politics; Political Science

The process by which public or private officials are selected from a field of candidates by the marking of ballots in a vote.

electorate

Politics; Political Science

All the people in a district that are eligible to vote in elections.

eleventh hour

Politics; Political Science

The last moment; only moments before it would be too late, as in, "the arrival of the U.S. cavalry at the eleventh hour saved the settlers from an Indian attack."

anti-clericalism

Politics; Political Science

Opposition to the influence of organized religion in state affairs. The term was applied particularly to the influence of the Catholic religion in political affairs.

Opposition to communism. Anti- communism was the defining mark of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War, which sought to check Soviet expansion around the globe. In domestic politics, being seen as ...

anti-globalization

Politics; Political Science

Vague term representing an opposition to the social, political, economical, or other effects of globalization. This opposition is unique in that many otherwise diverging or even opposing interest ...

anti-semitism

Politics; Political Science

A negative and hostile attitude to Jews and the Jewish religion. As a migrant people, the Jews have experienced anti-Semitism within many societies and throughout much of recorded history. The most ...