Politics, Law & Government
The world today is divided territorially into more than 190 countries, each of which possesses a national government that claims to exercise sovereignty and seeks to compel obedience to its will by its citizens. Governments can be classified in any number of ways. For example, they might be classified by the number of rulers, thus distinguishing government by one (as in a monarchy or a tyranny) from government by the few (in an aristocracy or oligarchy) and from government by the many (as in a democracy). Governments can also be classified by mode of succession; for example, ascension to governmental leadership may follow the rules of hereditary succession, or it may be determined through elections or by force. Governments also vary in terms of the laws and rules of conduct that each political entity follows.
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constitutional law
Constitutional law, the body of rules, doctrines, and practices that govern the operation of political communities. In modern...
fascism
Fascism, political ideology and mass movement that dominated many parts of central, southern, and eastern Europe between...
police
Police, body of officers representing the civil authority of government. Police typically are responsible for maintaining...
crime
Crime, the intentional commission of an act usually deemed socially harmful or dangerous and specifically defined, prohibited,...
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Banking & Business
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wage and salary
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Businesspeople & Entrepreneurs
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Cecil Rhodes
prime minister of Cape Colony
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Warren Buffett
American businessman and philanthropist
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Anglo-Irish playwright
Economics & Economic Systems
Economic system, any of the ways in which humankind has arranged for its material provisioning. One would think that there would be a great variety of such systems, corresponding to the many cultural arrangements that have characterized human society.
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Great Depression
economy
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bank
finance
International Relations
International relations is the study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies, political parties, and interest groups). It is related to a number of other academic disciplines, including political science, geography, history, economics, law, sociology, psychology, and philosophy.
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Hussein-McMahon correspondence
British-Palestinian history
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Law, Crime & Punishment
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canon law
religion
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land reform
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Military
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Wehrmacht
armed forces of the Third Reich
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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
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Kosovo Liberation Army
Kosovar militant group
Politics & Political Systems
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World Leaders
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Peter I
emperor of Russia
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George W. Bush
president of United States
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Philip II
king of Macedonia