Politics & Political Systems, MUT-ORG
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Politics & Political Systems Encyclopedia Articles By Title
mutual assured destruction, principle of deterrence founded on the notion that a nuclear attack by one superpower......
From the Siege of Toulon (August 28–December 19, 1793) to the Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815), Napoleon shaped......
Narodna Odbrana, Serbian nationalist organization, founded in 1908, that gathered recruits from Bosnia-Herzegovina,......
Narodnik, member of a 19th-century socialist movement in Russia who believed that political propaganda among the......
narodnost, doctrine or national principle, the meaning of which has changed over the course of Russian literary......
nation building, a concerted project to construct or rebuild a nation-state and its underlying institutions and......
The Nation, American weekly journal of opinion, the oldest such continuously published periodical still extant.......
nation-state, a territorially bounded sovereign polity—i.e., a state—that is ruled in the name of a community of......
National Action Bloc, first Moroccan political party, founded in 1934 to counteract mounting French domination......
National Action Party (PAN), conservative Mexican political party with close ties to the Roman Catholic Church.......
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), independent U.S. governmental agency established in 1958......
National Alliance, former nationalist anticommunist political party of Italy. Historically, some of its members......
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), independent federal agency headquartered in Washington, D.C.,......
National Assembly, any of various historical French parliaments or houses of parliament. From June 17 to July 9,......
National Awakening Party, moderate Islamic political party in Indonesia. The PKB was formed in 1998 by Abdurrahman......
National Bloc, a coalition of Syrian nationalist parties that opposed the French mandate and demanded independence,......
National Centre of Independents and Peasants, French political party founded in 1949. It grew out of the National......
National Communism, policies based on the principle that in each country the means of attaining ultimate communist......
National Consumers League (NCL), American organization founded in 1899 to fight for the welfare of consumers and......
National Convention, assembly that governed France from September 20, 1792, until October 26, 1795, during the......
National Democratic Alliance (NDA), alliance of right-leaning political parties in India, led by the pro-Hindu......
National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), right-wing German nationalist party that called for German unification......
National Dialogue Quartet, coalition of Tunisian civil society organizations—the Tunisian General Labour Union......
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), an independent agency of the U.S. government that supports the creation,......
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), an independent agency of the U.S. government that supports research,......
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), organization within the United States Department of Transportation......
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce responsible for......
National Institutes of Health (NIH), agency of the United States government that conducts and supports biomedical......
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), independent federal agency created by the U.S. Congress in 1935 to administer......
National Liberal Party, political party that was active first in Prussia and the North German Confederation from......
National Liberation Front, the only constitutionally legal party in Algeria from 1962 to 1989. The party was a......
National Liberation Front (NLF), Vietnamese political organization formed on December 20, 1960, to effect the overthrow......
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. governmental agency established in 1970 within the......
National Park Service (NPS), agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages and maintains several hundred......
National Party (NP), South African political party, founded in 1914, which ruled the country from 1948 to 1994.......
National Rally, far right French political party founded in 1972 by François Duprat and François Brigneau. It is......
National Recovery Administration (NRA), U.S. government agency established by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt to stimulate......
National Republican Party, U.S. political party formed after what had been the Republican (or Jeffersonian Republican)......
National Review, biweekly magazine of news and opinion published in New York City, and the leading conservative......
National Science Foundation (NSF), an independent agency of the U.S. government that supports basic research and......
National Security Agency (NSA), U.S. intelligence agency within the Department of Defense that is responsible for......
National Security Council (NSC), U.S. agency within the Executive Office of the President, established by the National......
National Weather Service (NWS), official weather bureau of the United States, founded on February 9, 1870, and......
National Woman’s Party (NWP), American political party that in the early part of the 20th century employed militant......
National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC), nonpartisan American political organization formed in 1971 to identify,......
nationalism, ideology based on the premise that the individual’s loyalty and devotion to the nation-state surpass......
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), national political party in India. The NCP has described itself as a “millennial......
Nationalist Party, political party that governed all or part of mainland China from 1928 to 1949 and subsequently......
nationality, in law, membership in a nation or sovereign state. It is to be distinguished from citizenship (q.v.),......
the Nationals, Australian political party that for most of its history has held office as a result of its customary......
League of Nations, an organization for international cooperation established on January 10, 1920, at the initiative......
nativism, an ideology, governmental policy, or political stance that prioritizes the interests and well-being of......
naturalization, the act of investing an alien with the status of a national in a given state; it may be accomplished......
Naxalite, general designation given to several Maoist-oriented and militant insurgent and separatist groups that......
Nazi Party, political party of the mass movement known as National Socialism. Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler,......
Nazism, totalitarian movement led by Adolf Hitler as head of the Nazi Party in Germany. In its intense nationalism,......
neoconservatism, variant of the political ideology of conservatism that combines features of traditional conservatism......
neofascism, fascist-inspired political movement that arose in Europe in the decades following the defeat of fascism......
neoliberalism, ideology and policy model that emphasizes the value of free market competition. Although there is......
neotraditionalism, in politics, the deliberate revival and revamping of old cultures, practices, and institutions......
neutralism, in international relations, the peacetime policy of avoiding political or ideological affiliations......
New Deal, domestic program of the administration of U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) between 1933 and 1939,......
New Democracy (ND), conservative political party in Greece. New Democracy was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis,......
New Democratic Party (NDP), Canadian social democratic political party favouring a mixed public-private economy,......
New Economic Policy (NEP), the economic policy of the government of the Soviet Union from 1921 to 1928, representing......
New Imperialism, period of intensified imperialistic expansion from the latter half of the 19th century until the......
New Left, a broad range of left-wing activist movements and intellectual currents that arose in western Europe......
New Look, U.S. military strategy developed by the administration of Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower and articulated......
New Nationalism, in U.S. history, political philosophy of Theodore Roosevelt, an espousal of active federal intervention......
New People’s Army (NPA), military arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines, Marxist-Leninist (CPP-ML), which......
new regionalism, shift in national systems of administration and cultural, economic, and political organization......
New Republic Party, former South African political party founded in 1977 as the direct successor to the United......
The New Republic (TNR), journal of opinion edited in Washington, D.C. and later New York City, that remained one......
On May 30, 2024, Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president to be convicted of criminal charges after......
New Zealand Labour Party, political party established in 1916 in a merger of various socialist and trade-union......
New Zealand National Party, political party founded in 1936 in the merger of non-Labour groups, most notably the......
New Zealand Political Reform League, conservative political party formed from various local and sectional organizations......
Night of the Long Knives, in German history, purge of Nazi leaders by Adolf Hitler on June 30, 1934. Fearing that......
nihilism, (from Latin nihil, “nothing”), originally a philosophy of moral and epistemological skepticism that arose......
NIMBY, a colloquialism signifying one’s opposition to the locating of something considered undesirable in one’s......
nizam-ı cedid, (Turkish: “new order”), originally a program of westernizing reforms undertaken by the Ottoman sultan......
non expedit, (Latin: “it is not expedient”), a late 19th- and early 20th-century policy of the Roman Catholic church......
North American Review, American magazine, founded in 1815, that was one of the country’s leading literary journals......
Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition (NIWC), political party established in Northern Ireland in 1996 to secure the......
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), an independent regulatory agency that is responsible for overseeing the civilian......
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), public health agency of the U.S. Department of Labor. Formed......
October Manifesto, (Oct. 30 [Oct. 17, Old Style], 1905), in Russian history, document issued by the emperor Nicholas......
Octobrist, member of a conservative-liberal Russian political party whose program of moderate constitutionalism......
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), agency of the U.S. federal government (executive branch). It assists the......
Office of Strategic Services (OSS), agency of the U.S. federal government (1942–45) formed for the purpose of obtaining......
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), U.S. government bureau that regulates national banks and federal......
offshore balancing, theory of international relations that views multipolarity—when international relations are......
oligarchy, government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt......
one-party state, a country where a single political party controls the government, either by law or in practice.......
Oneida Community, utopian religious community that developed out of a Society of Inquiry established by John Humphrey......
OPEC, multinational organization that was established to coordinate the petroleum policies of its members and to......
open-market operation, any of the purchases and sales of government securities and sometimes commercial paper by......
Optimates and Populares, (Latin: respectively, “Best Ones,” or “Aristocrats”, and “Demagogues,” or “Populists”),......
Ordnance Survey International, former surveying, mapping, and aerial photography agency (1946–2001) of the British......
Organization of American States (OAS), organization formed to promote economic, military, and cultural cooperation......