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POSTCOLONIALISM (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The discourse, often focused on the representation of indigenous or marginalized populations, about the legacies of colonialism in independent countries that are still structurally dependent on the former colonial power or other countries.

POSTEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 

POSTMODERNISM (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: General cultural sensibility premised on the rejection of absolutist or universalist moral/aesthetic principles, especially binaries. Characteristics include self-referentiality, relativism, multiplicity of identities and meanings.

    POVERTY (Search for related entries in the library)

    PRECARIOUS EMPLOYMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

    Scope Note: Forms of employment normally involving atypical contracts and characterized by dimensions of labour market insecurity such as uncertainty, lack of control over the labour process, low income, and limited access to regulatory protections

    PRECARIOUS WORK 

    PREJUDICES 

    PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE (Search for related entries in the library)

    Scope Note: Medical care designed to prevent diseases or conditions rather than cure these.

    PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (Search for related entries in the library)

    PRIVATE SECTOR (Search for related entries in the library)

    Scope Note: Includes enterprises in a variety of industries that are managed by private individuals and boards who are not employed or controlled by governments. Typically for profit.