Political Science: Terms and Concepts

• abdication

• airmail

• allegiance

• anarchism

• annexation

• aristocracy

• autonomy

• balance of power

• ballot

• bureaucracy

• cabinet

• caudillo

• center

• charter

• chauvinism

• church and state

• citizen

• city

• city government

• civics

• civil service

• colony

• committee

• commonwealth

• communism

• conscientious objector

• conservatism

• constitution

• convention

• coronation

• county

• dark horse

• democracy

• deportation

• despotism

• dictator

• divine right

• dominion

• domino theory

• election

• embargo

• emperor

• executive

• executive privilege

• exile

• expatriation

• fascism

• federal government

• filibuster

• flag

• franchise

• freedom of the press

• geopolitics

• gerrymander

• government

• governor

• Home Rule

• impeachment

• imperialism

• impressment

• initiative

• jingoism

• justice of the peace

• left

• legislature

• lese majesty

• liberalism

• lobbying

• local government

• Marxism

• monarchy

• municipal home rule

• national assembly

• nationalism

• nationality

• nationalization

• natural rights

• oligarchy

• ombudsman

• parliamentary bloc

• passive resistance

• plebiscite

• political action committee

• political campaign

• political party

• political science

• poll

• poll tax

• postage stamp

• postal service

• pragmatic sanction

• president

• pressure group

• primary

• prime minister

• proletariat

• propaganda

• public land

• referendum

• representation

• republic

• revolution

• right

• sanction

• secession (political science)

• socialism

• sovereignty

• terrorism

• totalitarianism

• town

• Utopia

• veto

• village

• voting

• voting machine

• woman suffrage