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Mis-classification

Name(s): 
Erroneous classification
Claim 
Classification is a political act. It is a tacit form of social control.
Broader 
Unethical documentation practices
Narrower 
Depressed area classification
Inadequate drug classification
Bias in document classification systems
Mis-classification of political prisoners
Related 
Uncatalogued documents
Misuse of classified information
Proscribed thinking and behaviour
Aggravates 
Unretrievable documents
Conceptual proliferation
Misappropriation of terms
Inaccessible public records
Conceptual repression of problems
Preoccupation with isolated problems
Over-simplification of social concepts
Suppression of information by security classification
Obstacles to conceptual integration in societal learning
Terminological confusion in weights, measures and numbering systems
Aggravated by 
Incompatibility of document classification systems
Strategy(ies) 
Creating erroneous classification
Exploiting erroneous classification
Reducing erroneous classification
Value(s) 
Error
Misclassification
Type 
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

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