Political science

Political science

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

Contributors in Political Science

Political science

A boycott in which one of the parties involved attempts to exert an influence over a third party. Usually this is when a labour union, in a labour dispute, attempts to put pressure on an employer who ...

Satellite country

Politics; Political Science

A country that is in effect, although not in name, controlled by another, usually larger country. Before the fall of communism, the countries of Eastern Europe were satellites of the Soviet Union, ...

Scarcity

Politics; Political Science

An axiom of economics is that there are not enough resources to go around. There is always a situation of scarcity in that there are less goods available than there are people who want them (even if ...

Sectarian

Politics; Political Science

Characteristic of a sect; devoted to a sect. The term is often used to refer to conflicts where religious allegiances play a large factor, as in sectarian violence in Northern Ireland.

Secession

Politics; Political Science

The act of seceding, or withdrawing (from some organised entity such as a nation), as when Slovenia and Croatia decided to secede from Yugoslavia in 1991.