Political science

Political science

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

Contributors in Political Science

Political science

Similar to interest group, a lobby is any individual or group that attempts to exert an influence over legislation or other government action. Lobbyists come from all sectors of society: business, ...

Limited government

Politics; Political Science

The clarion call of American conservatives from the mid-1990s to the present, a limited government is one that does not have enormous power. Such a government is in fact provided for in the ...

Limited war

Politics; Political Science

A war in which a nation does not use all the military or economic resources it possesses. The war in Vietnam was for the U.S., a limited war, with only gradual increases in force being applied, and ...

Lien

Politics; Political Science

A legal term which refers to the claim a lender has on someone's property, as security in the event of nonpayment of a debt.

Local government

Politics; Political Science

Any government that is not state or federal, such as county, city, town, village.

Logistics

Politics; Political Science

The branch of military science that deals with the movement, supplying and quartering of troops.

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 ...