It is an indisputable fact that this conception, from the moment when it was introduced into political science until the present day, has never had a meaning which was universally agreed upon.
این مفهوم، از لحظه‌ای که به علوم سیاسی معرفی شد تا امروز، هرگز معنایی که مورد توافق جهانی قرار گیرد نداشته‌است.