Political science

Political science

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

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Affidavit

Politics; Political Science

A declaration in writing signed and sworn to under oath.

A doctrine that advocates the abolition of organised authority. Anarchists believe that all government is corrupt and evil. Anarchism was a force in nineteenth century Russia, associated with Prince ...

African National Congress (ANC)

Politics; Political Science

First African liberation movement. Formed in 1912 in response to the South African Union which solidified white minority rule in South Africa. An obscure non-violent organization, it accrued its ...

Anomic division of labour

Politics; Political Science

Where the division of labour in the workplace is based on power and social and economic status, rather than on differentiations of individual ability or effort. In such circumstances, according to ...

Annexation

Politics; Political Science

The act by which one state takes possession of another state or territory, usually a smaller one, without the consent of the party being taken over. For example, in 1938 German troops invaded Austria ...

Physical anthropology

Politics; Political Science

A specialisation within the discipline of anthropology centred on the scientific study of the origins and development of human beings through analysis of fossil and skeletal remains.

Ancillary motion

Politics; Political Science

A subsidiary motion, dependent on an order already made by the House such as a motion for the second reading of a bill or for concurrence in a committee report.