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1Political status of Kosovo — The political status of Kosovo and Metohija is the subject of a long running political and territorial dispute between the Serbian (and previously, the Yugoslav) government and Kosovo s largely ethnic Albanian population, stemming from the… …
2political science — political scientist. a social science dealing with political institutions and with the principles and conduct of government. [1770 80] * * * Academic discipline concerned with the empirical study of government and politics. Political scientists… …
3Political Order in Changing Societies — is a 1968 book by Samuel P. Huntington dealing with changes in the political systems and political institutions. Huntington argues that those changes that are caused are by tensions within the political and social system.In contrast to the… …
4political system — Introduction the set of formal legal institutions that constitute a “government” or a “ state.” This is the definition adopted by many studies of the legal or constitutional arrangements of advanced political orders. More broadly defined,… …
5political philosophy — Branch of philosophy that analyzes the state and related concepts such as political obligation, law, social justice, and constitution. The first major work of political philosophy in the Western tradition was Plato s Republic. Aristotle s… …
6POLITICAL LIFE AND PARTIES — Introduction It was largely due to the existence of the pre state political parties, which had conducted intensive political activities for almost half a century within the framework of the yishuv , under the British Mandate for Palestine, that… …
7political sociology — The branch of sociology which is concerned with the social causes and consequences of given power distributions within or between societies, and with the social and political conflicts that lead to changes in the allocation of power . A major… …
8Political integration of India — At the time of Indian independence, British India was divided into two sets of territories, the first being the territories under the direct control of the British Empire, and the second being the territories over which the Crown had suzerainty,… …
9Political positions of Hillary Rodham Clinton — U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D NY), a former candidate for the nomination of the Democratic Party in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, has taken positions on many political issues through her public comments and her senatorial voting… …
10Political positions of Ronald Reagan — Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States (1981 ndash;1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967 ndash;1975). He is largely viewed as one of America s most conservative political leaders.Foreign policyCold WarReagan served as …
