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 concept from Marxism that refers to the mode of production of a society: the social and technical organisation of its economy. Karl Marx argued that it is upon this base that the superstructure of ...

Ballistic missiles

Politics; Political Science

Long-range missiles that are mechanically guided only on the first part of their flights, after which they move under the force of gravity only, i.e. they become free-falling objects as they approach ...

Bar of the house

Politics; Political Science

A brass barrier inside the south entrance of the Chamber beyond which uninvited representatives of the Crown and other non-Members may not be admitted. It is here that witnesses must appear when ...

Barter

Politics; Political Science

To exchange goods or commodities without the use of money.

Bolshevism

Politics; Political Science

The term comes from the Russian word bolshinstvo, which means majority, and referred to the party lead by Lenin (leader of the communist revolution in 1917), after it won a majority of votes at the ...

Bourgeois class

Politics; Political Science

From the French meaning a citizen of a city or burgh. In feudal time the cities had become the place of business and residence of a growing class of merchants, professionals and crafts persons, who ...

Bourgeois

Politics; Political Science

Used by Marxist theorists to describe anything associated with capitalists, including manufacturers, merchants, and small business owners such as shopkeepers. These groups were the opposite of the ...