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Political science
The social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics.
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Party line
Politics; Political Science
The official doctrine or platform of a political party. The term is often used in a derogatory sense, implying a rigid adherence to party policy, as in communist bureaucrats always had to toe the ...
Patriarchy
Politics; Political Science
A society that is dominated by men. In anthropology, the term refers to a form of social organisation in which the father is the head of the family or tribe, and descent and kinship is through the ...
Partition
Politics; Political Science
The division of a country into parts. This happened, for example, in Ireland in 1922, when the country was divided into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland; and in Germany in 1945, when it ...
Party platform
Politics; Political Science
The statement of beliefs and programme of action that a political party proposes to take. It is issued at the party's national convention.
Partisan
Politics; Political Science
Adhering to one party or another in a debate or on an issue, as in , the debate was dominated by partisan politics.
Passive resistance
Politics; Political Science
Another term for nonviolent campaigns of civil disobedience. See nonviolence; civil disobedience.
