Politics & Elections

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320 Political science
342 Constitutional and administrative law 
350 Public administration


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  1. MT (MicroThesaurus): subset of a thesaurus, usually containing terms from a subject area narrower than the scope of the whole thesaurus;
  2. NT (Narrower Term): used to indicate the relationship of the generic concept to a more specific one, together with an indication of the number of hierarchical steps between the broader term and each narrower term;
  3. RT (Related Term): preferred label for a concept that has an associative relationship with the one in question.
     

04 Politics

MT 0406 political framework

MT 0411 political party

MT 0416 electoral procedure and voting

MT 0421 parliament

MT 0431 politics and public safety

MT 0436 executive power and public service

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320 Political science
350 Public administration

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