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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.


GLOBAL SOUTH (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Countries, predominantly in Latin America and the Caribbean, south Asia, and Africa, that have relatively low per capita incomes and developing economies, which generally exercise little control over capital.

GLOBALIZATION (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The increased mobility of capital, corporations, goods, services, and labour across national borders.

GLOBALIZATION AND LABOUR STANDARDS 

GOVERNMENT BENEFITS 

Scope Note: Benefits mandated by law, provided by government, that may or may not accrue based on employment status (e.g., health care, pensions, unemployment insurance).

GOVERNMENT POLICY 

GOVERNMENT REGULATION (Search for related entries in the library)

  • RELATED TERM(S)
  • LAW

GOVERNMENT TRANSFERS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Variable used in statistical tables as an indicator of government benefits (e.g., Veterans' pensions, welfare, social housing).

GRADUATES (Search for related entries in the library)

GREAT BRITAIN 

GREECE (Search for related entries in the library)