comparative government

American  

noun

1. the study and comparison of different forms of government.

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Example Sentences

Rep. Joel Briscoe, a Salt Lake City Democrat who teaches high school civics and comparative government classes, worried the bill might prevent him from hanging up the flags of other nations or displaying the campaign signs of all candidates running in a state or local race.

From Seattle Times

Phoebe Tang, a comparative government professor at New Jersey’s Drew University, said a final verdict on which systems worked best may take a while.

From Washington Times

Political science has long been criticized as an academic field divorced from the messy realities of statecraft, but scholars of comparative government say they have been handed a once-in-a-lifetime experiment as nations confront the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Washington Times

Nearly every student in his AP comparative government and politics class earned a 5 on the AP exam, school district officials said.

From Washington Post

A comparative government professor also offered to excuse absences for any students who chose to participate in the protest, according to the professor’s email obtained by Campus Reform.

From Washington Times