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Political science
The social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics.
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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. ...
Military-industrial complex
Politics; Political Science
The extremely close political, economic and bureaucratic relationship that exists between the Pentagon and its network of defence contractors. The phrase was coined by President Dwight Eisenhower in ...
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 ...
Mixed economy
Politics; Political Science
An economy in which elements from the free enterprise system are combined with elements of socialism. Most industrial economies, now including those in the post-communist world, are mixed economies. ...
Minority
Politics; Political Science
Less than half. The Senate minority leader, for example, is the leader of the party that has less than 50 percent of the seats in the Senate. Minority also refers to ethnic or racial groups in a ...
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.
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.
