Definition of "political science" []

• The study of the processes, principles, and structure of government and of political institutions; politics. (noun)

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• "Katherine is going on to do her Ph.D. in political science at George Washington University and has a very bright future ahead of her."
• "A Howard University political science professor and board member of the American Coalition for Fathers and Children, Baskerville says categorically: No government or academic study has ever demonstrated such an epidemic, and those studies that have addressed the question directly have concluded otherwise."
• "Robert Pape, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, analyzed all 315 suicide bombings that occurred between 1980 and 2003."