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• SCOPE NOTE: explains HOW the term has been used to index items in the library database; defines the term
• USE: denotes a preferred term or phrase
• USED FOR: indicates terms or phrases that are NOT used to index items in the library database; these terms or phrases are considered synonymous with the indicated preferred term (only use "preferred terms" when searching the library database)
• BROADER TERM: broader or more general terms or phrases
• NARROWER TERM: narrower or more specific terms or phrases; a subset of the indicated broader term
• RELATED TERM: a term or phrase that is conceptually or associatively linked with the indicated preferred term

Thesaurus: 1501 entries.

GEOGRAPHIES OF CAPITALISM (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The relationship between space and the accumulation of capital, which is uneven partly due to capitalism both causing and being caused by sociospatial inequalities.

• BROADER TERM(S)

CAPITALISM

GEOGRAPHY (Search for related entries in the library)

• NARROWER TERM(S)

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

GERMANY (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

EUROPEAN UNION

OECD

GERONTOLOGY 

Scope Note: The study of all aspects of aging, including biological, social and psychological.

GHANA (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

AFRICA

GIRLS 

• USE

WOMEN

GLASS CEILING (Search for related entries in the library)

• RELATED TERM(S)

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

GENDER DISCRIMINATION

LABOUR MOBILITY

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP 

Scope Note: A term that views citizenship as extending beyond the boundaries of the nation-state to a global level. This is particularly relevant for environmental groups.

• BROADER TERM(S)

CITIZENSHIP

• USED FOR

WORLD CITIZENSHIP

GLOBAL NORTH (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Countries, predominantly in northern Europe and North America, that are relatively advanced in industrial and technological capability and economic productivity, and which concentrate capital and control over the global economy.

• RELATED TERM(S)

ECONOMIC POLARIZATION

• USED FOR

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

FIRST WORLD

GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

RESTRUCTURING

• NARROWER TERM(S)

ECONOMIC POLICY

ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING

• RELATED TERM(S)

GLOBALIZATION