Political science

Political science

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

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Academic freedom

Politics; Political Science

The right of a professor at a university to pursue his research and publish his findings, whether popular or controversial, without political or any other kind of pressure being put on him or her.

Social behaviour and value orientation in which individuals give primary consideration to the interests and welfare of other individuals, members of groups or the community as a whole. The term was ...

Alliance for Progress

Politics; Political Science

U.S. foreign aid assistance programme for Latin America established in 1961 by John F. Kennedy. It was created principally to help modernise Latin American states by financing multi-sector reforms in ...

Alterity

Politics; Political Science

From the word alter - to make a thing different. A term central to postmodern discussions of identity in which the self is given meaning in terms of an "other". This other is posed or imagined in ...

Alternative vote

Politics; Political Science

Procedure to select a political figure to office by which voters rank the candidates and a winner is declared only if he receives more then half the total votes cast. Only first preferences are ...

Alliance

Politics; Political Science

A pact, coalition, or friendship between two or more parties, made in order to advance common goals and to secure common interests; eg, the alliance of the U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union ...

Allotted day

Politics; Political Science

A day reserved for the discussion of the business of supply, the actual topic of debate being chosen by a Member in opposition. There are twenty-one allotted days in each calendar year which are ...