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“Minor parties” are often called third parties in the US, and examples of them may include the Libertarian and Green Parties. The two major parties are the Democrats and Republicans, and the minor parties...

FPTP is an electoral system used most notably in the UK General Election and the Indian Parliamentary Elections. Under this system the party with the most votes in each constituency/region wins tha...

Populism separates societies into two homogenous and antagonistic groups: the corrupt elites and the pure people. Populists claim that they alone represent the will of the people, implying that opponents...

Huntington ultimately ascribes Islam the main source of conflict with the West in his ‘Clash of Civilisations’ movement. In recent years this clash has been witnessed in the rise of political Islam, chara...

State sovereignty is a concept that was established after the 1648 peace of Westphalia, which created the principle that governments within a state were the only legitimate force of power and wouldn't int...