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political science
political science the study of government and political processes, institutions, and behavior. Government and politics have been studied and commented on since the time of the ancient Greeks. However, it is only with the general systematization of the social sciences in the last 100 years that po...
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John William Burgess
John William Burgess 1844-1931, American educator and political scientist, b. Tennessee. He served in the Union army in the Civil War and after the war graduated from Amherst (1867). He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1869, but did not practice. That same year he joined the faculty of Knox...
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Seba Smith
Seba Smith 1792-1868, American humorist, b. Buckfield, Maine. He founded the Portland Courier in 1829 and in it began (1830) a series of humorous letters on politics under the pen name Major Jack Downing. His use of comic rustic speech and satirical comments on various political issues made him o...
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Michael Walzer
Michael Walzer 1935-, American political philosopher, b. New York City, attended Brandeis Univ. (B.A., 1956), Cambridge (1956-57), and Harvard (Ph.D., 1961). A prominent liberal thinker and prolific author, Walzer has written about many areas of political theory and moral philosophy. He is probably...
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blog
blog short for web log, an online, regularly updated journal or newsletter that is readily accessible to the general public by virtue of being posted on a website. Blogs typically report and comment on topics of interest to the author, and are usually written and posted using software specifically ...
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allegiance
allegiance in political terms, the tie that binds an individual to another individual or institution. The term usually refers to a person's legal obligation of obedience to a government in return for the protection of that government, although it may have reference to any institution that one is bo...
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voting
voting method of registering collective approval or disapproval of a person or a proposal. The term generally refers to the process by which citizens choose candidates for public office or decide political questions submitted to them. However, it may also describe the formal recording of opinion of...
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Geraldine Anne Ferraro
Geraldine Anne Ferraro , 1935-, American political leader, b. New York City. A Democrat from Queens, she served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1979-85). In 1984, as Walter Mondale 's running mate, she became the first woman nominated for the vice-presidency by a major party. Alle...
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Charles Nordhoff
Charles Nordhoff , 1830-1901, American journalist and author, b. Westphalia. In 1835 he emigrated with his family to Cincinnati. His service (1844-47) in the navy, and later on whaling and fishing ships, provided literary material for his books Nine Years a Sailor (1857) and Stories of the Island...
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Denis William Brogan
Denis William Brogan , 1900-1974, British historian and political scientist, b. Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at the Univ. of Glasgow, Oxford, and Harvard and was professor of political science at Cambridge from 1939 to 1968. Brogan was best known as an interpreter of American history and polit...
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