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This glossary of American politics defines terms and phrases used in politics in the United States.The list includes terms specific to U.S. political systems (at both national and sub-national levels), as well as concepts and ideologies that occur in other political systems but which nonetheless are frequently encountered in American politics.
Political stability is a situation characterized by the preservation of an intact and smoothly functioning government or political system, avoiding significant disruptions or changes over an extended duration. Political stability signifies a state of tranquility, organization, and sustained continuity within the political domain.
Definitions of fascism; Demagogue; Democratic legitimacy of the European Union; Democratic revolution; Democratic transition; Democratization; Demonyms for the United States; Denazification; Desmalvinización; Di Lampedusa strategy; Diplomatic capital; Divide and rule; Dominion (political theory) Drawbridge mentality; Dummy candidate; Dynamitard
Term Description Examples Autocracy: Autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power (social and political) is concentrated in the hands of one person or polity, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of a coup d'état or mass insurrection).
The US is by far not the only country that saw seismic political change this year. French President Emmanuel Macron called a snap parliamentary election in the summer, resulting in a minority ...
Stacker traced the origins of 20 words and terms used in political discourse using historical archives, research reports, and news articles.
[3] [4] She comes to this definition by combining Samuel P. Huntington's definition that it "is a rapid, fundamental, and violent domestic change in the dominant values and myths of society, in its political institutions, social structure, leadership, and government activities and policies" [5] and Vladimir Lenin's, which is that revolutions ...
"I've been doing this for 38 years, generally there isn't a huge difference between one (U.S.) administration and another in terms of strengthening defence," Laliberty said. U.S.