Concept information
Preferred term
political science
Definition(s)
- Political science is the study of the institutions, people, ideas, and processes of government and the public uses of power directed toward collective goals. The study of leadership is both old and new to political science. [Source: Encyclopedia of Leadership; Political Science]
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
- African politics and society
- American politics and society
- Asian politics and society
- campaigns, elections and electoral behavior
- case and area studies (political science)
- comparative politics
- constitutions and constitutionalism
- culture and politics
- democracy and democratization
- epistemological foundations of political science
- ethics and political corruption
- European politics and society
- federalism and local politics
- gender and politics
- gender and race/ethnicity
- globalization (politics)
- ideologies
- institutions and checks and balances
- interest groups and lobbies
- international security
- international security and arms control
- key people in political science
- Latin American politics and society
- law and courts
- legislative studies
- Middle Eastern politics and society
- nation and state
- political behavior
- political change
- political communications
- political concepts
- political economy
- political organizations and parties
- political parties
- political philosophy
- political philosophy/theory
- political psychology
- political sociology
- political systems
- political theory
- politics
- politics and society
- politics of oppression
- public administration
- public policy
- race, ethnicity and politics
- religion and politics
- representation and electoral systems
- rights and freedoms
- science, technology and politics
- subnational governments
- war, peace and terrorism
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-HQ9JBCSM-J
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