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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.
Caretaker government; Cartel party theory; Cartel theory; Carthaginian peace; Caucus; CAVE people; Centrão; Centre-right politics; Chairo (slang) Chattering classes; Christian values; Class collaboration; Class discrimination; Classification of advocacy groups; Cleavage (politics) Client politics; Clientelism; Co-option; Coattail effect; Code ...
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is defined by statute as an "independent establishment" of the federal government, which replaced the Cabinet-level Post Office Department in 1971. The Postal Service is responsible for the collection, transportation, and delivery of the mails, and for the operation of thousands of local post offices ...
There are various lists of government and military acronyms, expressions and slang: List of military slang terms; List of established military terms; Glossary of military abbreviations; by country. Grande Armée slang (France of the Napoleonic Era) Glossary of German military terms (Germany) List of Philippine government and military acronyms
List of initialisms, acronyms ("words made from parts of other words, pronounceable"), and other abbreviations used by the government and the military of the United States. Note that this list is intended to be specific to the United States government and military—other nations will have their own acronyms.
P. Pantouflage; Parallel state; Parliamentary sovereignty; Parliamentary sovereignty in the United Kingdom; Parochialism; Party identification; Patrimonialism
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Rule by a form of government in which the people, or some significant portion of them, have supreme control over the government and where offices of state are elected or chosen by elected people. [44] [45] A common simplified definition of a republic is a government where the head of state is not a monarch.