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Political science
The social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics.
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messianism
Politics; Political Science
A doctrine that is inspired by the prospect of the imminent arrival of a messiah, a savior, who will lead his people to freedom.
microeconomics
Politics; Political Science
A branch of economics that deals with the individual parts of an economy, rather than the aggregate, which is the sphere of macroeconomics.
military-industrial complex
Politics; Political Science
The extremely close political, economic and bureaucratic relationship that exists between the Pentagon and its network of defense contractors. The phrase was coined by President Dwight Eisenhower in ...
militia
Politics; Political Science
An armed force of citizen soldiers. Originally, militia systems were based on the idea that every citizen was obliged to serve his country; George Washington's army consisted of 41 percent militia. ...
millenarianism
Politics; Political Science
The term originally referred to the Christian belief that Christ would return, and in this Second Coming, he would establish his thousand year reign (the millennium), which would be followed by the ...
minimum wage
Politics; Political Science
The lowest hourly rate that an employer must pay an employee. Federal law mandating a minimum wage was first enacted in 1938, when the rate was set at 25 cents an hour. In 2010 the federal minimum ...
