Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme for Political Science (21st Edition)
320-329 are the numbers assigned by Dewey to 'Political Science (Politics and Government)'. Some changes have occurred between the 18th edition, in use in the Library until the end of 1996, and the 21st which has been used since 1997 to classify all new acquisitions.
The most significant of these changes is the suppression of 329, formerly used for literature on political parties, and its incorporation into 324 which was previously dedicated to voters and elections but has now become a catch-all section entitled 'The political process'.
Users should be aware that some numbers in this section can have different classifcatory meanings depending on whether the book was classified before or after 1st Jan. 1997. Strangely enough, the 21st edition still retains 326 as the number for slavery and emancipation. Below is a list of the main sub-sections in 320 along with the most frequently used Dewey numbers in the EUI Library.
320 Political Science
320.01 Political Philosophy
320.1 The State (incl. 320.101 - philosophy and theory of the state)
320.3 Comparative Government
320.5 Political Ideologies (incl. liberalism, conservatism, socialism, fascism and communism)
320.54 Nationalism
320.6 Policy-making
320.8 Local Government
321 Systems of Governments and States
321.04094 European Union
321.8 Democracy
321.9 Authoritarian Government
322 Relation of the State to Organized Groups and their Members
322 Neo-corporatism
322.1 Relgious Organizations and Groups
322.2 Labour Movements and Groups
322.3 Business and Industry
322.4 Political Action Groups (incl. pressure groups, protest groups, reform movements)
322.5 Armed Services
323 Civil and Political Rights
323.1 Rights of Minority Groups
323.3 Human Rights
323.6 Citizenship
324 The Political Process
324 Voting
324.2 Political Parties
324.24 -.9 Political Parties by country / region (individually
and by ideology)
325 International Migration and Colonization
325.1 Immigration
325.2 Emigration
325.21 Refugees
325.3 Colonization
325.4 European Immigration
326 Slavery and Emancipation
327 International Relations
327.101 Theory of International Relations
327.2 Diplomacy
327.4 European Foreign Policy
327.4 - .9 Foreign Policies of Individual Countries
328 The Legislative Process
328 Parliaments and Legislatures
328.3 Specific topics (incl. Bicameralism, members, powers and privileges, lobbying)
328.4 European Parliament
328.4 -.9 Legislatures in individual countries
329 Political Parties (until 1997)
329 N.B. No longer used - see 324
329.02 Party Systems
329.02094 Poltical Parties in Europe
329.02094 - 9 Political Parties by Country
The classifications listed above are the principal Dewey numbers of interest to social and political scientists but please also note the following sections:
330 Economics (incl. Trades Unions, Socialism, and Development)
350 Public Administration and Military Science (incl. War and Defence)
360Social Problems (incl. The Welfare State, Criminology
380 Commerce, Communications, Transportation (incl. International Trade)
400 Language (incl. Theory of Language and Discourse Analysis)
500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics (incl. Philosophy of Science and Statistical Theory)
800 Literature (incl. Literary Theory and Classical Literature)
900 History (incl. Philosophy of History)