Political science

Political science

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

Contributors in Political Science

Political science

Something that is of little use or profit, especially something that is maintained at great expense. Some in Britain argue that the Falkland Islands, which Britain retained possession of after a war ...

World Bank

Politics; Political Science

Formally known as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; its purpose is to promote economic and social progress in developing nations by raising productivity; it lends funds, ...

World Health Organization (WHO)

Politics; Political Science

International health agency of the UN which promotes the highest level of health care for all peoples. WHO emphasizes health care for developing nations by helping them develop new technologies and ...

xenophobia

Politics; Political Science

Irrational dislike of foreign people and foreign things.

yardstick

Politics; Political Science

Standard of comparison. For example, in the debate over health care reform in 2009 and 2010, the Canadian health care system was sometimes used as a yardstick to evaluate the American system and the ...

zealot

Politics; Political Science

It literally means fanatic. In political science, it's a person who is extremely partisan. Adolf Hitler was a zealot, so also, by most people's reckoning, was Iran's Ayotollah Khomeini.

Zeitgeist

Politics; Political Science

A German word now commonly used in English. It means literally spirit of the times, and refers to prevailing currents of thought and feeling in a society. For example, an aspect of the Zeitgeist of ...