Political science

Political science

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

Contributors in Political Science

Political science

The name was first given to the British legislature, which dates back to 1275, and has since been adopted in many other countries. Countries with parliaments operate under the parliamentary rather ...

hiány; szűkösség

Politics; Political Science

An axiom of economics is that there are not enough resources to go around. There is always a situation of scarcity in that there are less goods available than there are people who want them (even if ...

szatellitország

Politics; Political Science

A country that is in effect, although not in name, controlled by another, usually larger country. Before the fall of communism, the countries of Eastern Europe were satellites of the Soviet Union, ...

kiválás; kilépés

Politics; Political Science

The act of seceding, or withdrawing (from some organized entity such as a nation), as when Slovenia and Croatia decided to secede from Yugoslavia in 1991.

masszív megtorlás (stratégiája)

Politics; Political Science

Part of the concept of deterrence during the Cold War. The policy of massive retaliation meant that any nuclear attack on the U.S. would be met by an overwhelming nuclear response. The belief was ...

hidegháború

Politics; Political Science

The struggle between the U.S. and Western Europe against the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies. It involved confrontation but no actual "hot" warfare. The Cold War began in the 1940s when ...

osztály; társadalmi osztály

Politics; Political Science

A number of people or things grouped together; a group of people that are linked together because of certain things held in common, such as occupation, social status, economic background: Ruling ...