Political science

Political science

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

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Ethnocentrism

Politics; Political Science

Belief in the inherent superiority of one's own cultural, ethnic, or political group.

Ethnic

Politics; Political Science

Someone who is a member of an ethnic group (a group distinguished from others by race, customs, language, etc.), particularly a member of a minority group within a larger community. The U.S. is ...

Communism in Western Europe, particularly in France and Italy, and with the exception of Britain, has gained more of a foothold than it has in the U.S. Western European communist parties tend to be ...

Exile

Politics; Political Science

The banishing of someone from his homeland for a specified period, or for life; the person who is so banished. Exile is not as common a punishment as it was before modern times. But exile is still ...

Expansionism

Politics; Political Science

The policy of expanding a nation's territory or sphere of influence. The term usually has a negative connotation, suggesting that a nation has its eyes on more than its fair share of things, as in ...

Extradition

Politics; Political Science

The giving up by one nation of a person accused or convicted of a crime to another nation where the offender is to be tried or, if already convicted, punished.