At 323.3 Civil and political rights of other social groups is the scope note: "groups other than ethnic and national groups." Some social groups have had no specific subdivision; they have been in standing room at 323.3. One might think that subdivisions of T1—08 Groups of people could be added to specify the groups, but it is forbidden to add any standard subdivisions to 323.3, as this entry shows:
323[.301-323.309] Standard subdivisions
Do not use; class in 323.01-323.09
At its Meeting 140, EPC approved direct subdivisions of 323.3 for all the groups of people likely to have literary warrant there. The new provisions parallel the subdivisions of T1—081-T1—088 Groups of people by specific attributes as closely as possible, while fitting in among the older subdivisions of 323.3.
323.33 People by gender or sex
Compare:
T1—081 People by gender or sex
323.331 Men
Compare:
T1—0811 Men
323.36 Relatives
Compare:
T1—085 Relatives
323.37 People with disabilities and illnesses, gifted people
Compare:
T1—087 People with disabilities and illnesses, gifted people
323.38 Occupational and religious groups
Compare:
T1—088 Occupational and religious groups
At 323.3 we have given a table of preference that preserves the previous preference order among the older subdivisions of 323.3 but otherwise reflects the preference order found at T1—081-T1—088 Groups of people by specific attributes. The table of preference appears in the Notes box for 323.3:
Two of the new provisions appear at the top of the table of preference:
323.38 Occupational and religious groups
323.37 People with disabilities and illnesses, gifted people
These groups get high preference in T1—081-T1—088 Groups of people by specific attributes because of the class-with-the-last note at T1—081-T1—088:
Unless other instructions are given, class a subject with aspects in two or more subdivisions of T1—081-T1—088 in the number coming last, e.g., children with disabilities T1—087 (not T1—083)
Here are examples of works previously classed in 323.3 that can now be classed in more specific numbers:
Rights enabled: The disability revolution, from the US, to Germany and Japan, to the United Nations
323.37 People with disabilities and illnesses, gifted people
323.382970946 Muslims—civil and political rights—Spain
Built with base number 323.38 Occupational and religious groups plus 297 Islam, Babism, Bahai Faith as instructed at 323.38, plus T1—09 plus T2—46 Spain, Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal as instructed at T1—093-099 Specific continents, countries, localities; extraterrestrial worlds. At 323.38 are an add note and a subdivisions-are-added note:
Add to base number 323.38 the notation 001-999, e.g., nondominant religious groups 323.382
Subdivisions are added for either civil or political rights or both
At 297 is a standard-subdivisions-are-added note: "Standard subdivisions are added for Islam, Babism, Bahai Faith together; for Islam alone." At T2—461-468 Spain are a class-elsewhere note pointing to the comprehensive number for Spain, and see references pointing to parts of Spain not located on the Iberian Peninsula:
Class comprehensive works in T2—46
For Ceuta and Melilla, see T2—641
For Canary Islands, see T2—649
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