Political science

Political science

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

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Clause-by-clause study

Politics; Political Science

The final phase of a committee's consideration of a bill, involving detailed study of its provisions. Each clause of the bill is considered individually.

Clause of a bill

Politics; Political Science

A division of a bill consisting of an individual sentence or statement. Once a bill becomes law, its clauses are referred to as sections.

Classical liberalism

Politics; Political Science

A liberal ideology entailing a minimal role for government in order to maximise individual freedom.

The Communist International, also known as the Third International. The Comintern was founded in Russia in 1919, with the purpose of promoting revolutionary Marxism. As such, it encouraged revolution ...

Cominform

Politics; Political Science

The Communist Information Bureau, set up in 1947 to coordinate the activities of communist parties in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, France, and Italy. It was dissolved in 1956, on the initiative ...

Coming-into-force clause

Politics; Political Science

The clause of a bill stating the date upon which an Act will come into effect. Such a clause may also indicate only that an Act or some part of it will come into force on a date fixed by order of the ...

Colony

Politics; Political Science

A territory that is ruled by another state. Hong Kong, for example, was a colony of Great Britain until 1997, when China took over responsibility for it. Many Colonies have a limited amount of ...