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Descriptor English: Necropolitics
Descriptor Spanish: Necropolítica
Descriptor Portuguese: Necropolítica
Descriptor French: Nécropolitique
Entry term(s): Biopolitics
Tree number(s): SP9.242.315.846.493
Scope note: A sociopolitical theory of the use of social and political power to dictate how some people may live and how some must die. (Wikipedia)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 60778
Unique ID: DDCS060778
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Date of Entry: 2024/02/02
Necropolitics - Preferred
Concept UI FD00068595
Scope note A sociopolitical theory of the use of social and political power to dictate how some people may live and how some must die. (Wikipedia)
Preferred term Necropolitics
Biopolitics - Broader
Concept UI F0001257
Preferred term Biopolitics



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