Political science

Political science

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

Contributors in Political Science

Political science

To carry a big stick is when an individual, group, or nation backs up their demands with a credible threat of force or some other pressure that is sufficient to get the other party to accede to their ...

Berdache

Politics; Political Science

A male who takes on the roles of women and who may also dress as a woman and engage in sexual intimacy with men. More recently, the term "Two Spirits", which has traditional roots, has been ...

Bell curve

Politics; Political Science

Discovered by Abraham de Moivre when he noticed that many phenomena cluster around an average value and in so doing form a bell shaped curve. The heights of Canadians for examples cluster around the ...

Bicameralism

Politics; Political Science

Type of government in which the legislature is divided into two separate chambers, an upper and lower house. The upper house is composed of state or provincial representatives and usually serve for ...

Bicameral government

Politics; Political Science

A government that consists of two legislative bodies rather than one. The U.S. has a bicameral system, since both the House of Representatives and the Senate have to approve a bill before it can ...

Belligerency

Politics; Political Science

The term belligerent is used to refer to countries that are at war. International law grants to groups involved in an insurrection in their own country the status of belligerency, which means they ...

Bigger bite amendment

Politics; Political Science

Although an amendment cannot amend previously amended language under House rules, a "bigger bite" amendment can be offered because it changes more of the measure or amendment than the original ...