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Meaning of political science in English

(Definition of political science from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of political science from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of political science

political science
Policy formation is messier and more complex than public health advocates or political science would have us believe.
The question of ideological thinking is a longstanding and central concern in political science.
Disciplines like economics or political science use disparate models to analyze monopoly, oligopoly, perfect competition, public goods, elections, coalition formation, and so on.
We should have a member from political science, but we don't; that's a hole in the program.
Given this perspective, it does not offer an extensive engagement with broader theories of political science or development economics.
Indeed, what is assumed, or ignored, is much of the legitimate subject matter of political science and sociology.
These are standard criteria in the political science literature.
Brands also blithely ignores the mass of empirical political science literature on public attitudes towards government.
Finally, the books represent a multidisciplinary intersection, integrating the analyses of political science, history and economics.
At the centre of the book's argument is a commentary that would not be out of place in a work of political science.
There is, of course, a rich tradition of historical research in political science.
Yet, neither question is self-evident - at least not to many in the discipline of political science.
Not surprisingly, this book has generated large waves within the broad waters of political history and political science.
Political science has not come to terms with the idea of electoral mandates.
A long tradition within political science has identified the importance of party mobilization efforts to voter turnout.
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Translations of political science

in Chinese (Traditional)
政治學…
in Chinese (Simplified)
政治学…
in Spanish
ciencia política, ciencias políticas…
in Portuguese
ciência política…
in more languages
in French
in Turkish
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
in Malay
in German
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in Ukrainian
sciences politiques…
siyasal bilgiler, idari ilimler…
politicologie…
politologie…
statsvidenskab…
ilmu politik…
วิชาการเมือง…
khoa học chính trị…
nauki polityczne, politologia…
statsvetenskap, statskunskap…
sains politik…
die Politologie…
statsvitenskap…
політологія…
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