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Human relations: An individual or group association, interaction or contact between two or more homo sapiens, whether direct, face-to-face or mediated through some medium of communication. ^[e]
Human behavior: Actions, responses or exertions exhibited by homo sapiens that are mediated by and through language and may be influenced by culture, attitudes, beliefs, emotions, values, ethics, authority, rapport, persuasion, coercion, force, self-interest, genetics or a variety of other factors. ^[e]
Polity: The form, or political, economic and social construction or constitution, of a political entity. ^[e]
Political system: Recursive structures for transforming existing values into political demands and supports which provoke authoritative decisions allocating values and lead to consequences which, in turn, provoke new patterns of demands and supports. ^[e]

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Law: Body of rules of conduct of binding legal force and effect, prescribed, recognized, and enforced by a controlling authority. ^[e]
Political philosophy: Branch of philosophy that deals with fundamental questions about politics. ^[e]
Political sociology: Subfield of sociology that deals with fundamental questions of social behavior, social relations and social institutions in politics. ^[e]
Political science: Social science that studies politics, political systems and political behavior. ^[e]
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History of political thought: The development of political ideas over time since the discovery of politics in Plato, Confucius and Mencius. ^[e]
Public: Shared by, open or available to everyone, well or generally known, universally available or without limit, done or made on behalf of the community as a whole, open to general or unlimited viewing or disclosure, frequented by large numbers of people or for general use, or places generally open or visible to all pertaining to official matters or maintained at taxpayer expense. ^[e]
Public policy: Higher order or general principles, inclinations or preferences which guide the making of public laws, rules or decisions. ^[e]

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Authority: Derived from the Latin word auctoritas: the power or right to make rules or laws. ^[e]
Anarchy: (from Greek word anarkhos)The absence of government or other political authority. ^[e]
Autocracy: Government by a single, supreme leader. A modern version of Aristotle's "rule by one", generally seen as different from monarchy, but closely related to dictatorship and, even some forms of oligarchy. Thus, Syria was, until recently, seen as a monarchy while Egypt under Mubarek was an autocracy. ^[e]
Bureaucracy: Collective organizational structure, procedures, protocols and set of regulations in place to manage activity, usually in large organizations and government. ^[e]
Citizenship: A formal relationship between a citizen and a particular social, political, national or international community ^[e]
Civil law: A system of law which starts with abstract rules, which judges must then apply to the various cases before them. ^[e]
Civil rights: Rights considered inherent to members of a society, the arbitrary deprivation of which is subject to enforcement action ^[e]
Civil society: The space for social activity outside the market, state and household; the arena of uncoerced collective action around shared interests, purposes and values. ^[e]
Common law: Ancient law of England, and in countries colonized by Britain, based upon societal customs and recognized and enforced by the judgments and decrees of the courts. ^[e]
Community: Generally, a group of organisms sharing an environment. In human communities the shared environment may be defined by mutual interests, pooled resources, common beliefs, shared pursuits, perceived needs, or other common traits or characteristics, and may be associated with a shared identity which in the case of physical communities may include a sense of place. ^[e]
Conflict: Contestation between rival interests or forces, particularly those involving disagreements over resources. Conflict may characterize types of contest from games, contests and competition to law suits, fights, battles and wars. In the social sciences, conflict is often contrasted with competition or cooperation. ^[e]
Conflict of interest: Situation in which an individual might benefit personally from official or professional actions. It includes a conflict between a person's private interests and official responsibilities in a position of trust. ^[e]
Country: Nation, state, region, or territory, or large tract of land distinguishable by features of topography, biology, or culture. ^[e]
Debt: The outcome of an agreement between a person or organisation wishing to make immediate use of resources, and one wishing to defer their use. ^[e]
Democracy: A form of government in which ultimate sovereignty rests with the people. ^[e]
Government: The system by which a community or nation is controlled and regulated. A government is a person or group of persons who govern a political community or nation. ^[e]
Human rights: Natural civil and political rights considered universal and applicable to all human beings worldwide. ^[e]
Influence (politics): Milder form of the exercise of power, usually manifested as persuasion, cooperation or the ability to forestall opposition without threats or bargaining. Distinguished from and sometimes contrasted with power as the ability to overcome opposition or succeed in the face of opposition. ^[e]
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Autocracy: Government by a single, supreme leader. A modern version of Aristotle's "rule by one", generally seen as different from monarchy, but closely related to dictatorship and, even some forms of oligarchy. Thus, Syria was, until recently, seen as a monarchy while Egypt under Mubarek was an autocracy. ^[e]
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Anarchy: (from Greek word anarkhos)The absence of government or other political authority. ^[e]
Aristocracy: Add brief definition or description
Democracy: A form of government in which ultimate sovereignty rests with the people. ^[e]
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