The Reemergence of “Peripheral Nationalisms”: Some Comparative Speculations on the Spatial Distribution of Political Leadership and Economic Growth

1979 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Alexis Gourevitch
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
North America ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Nationalist Movements ◽  
Ethnic Consciousness ◽  
Industrial Societies

Recent challenges to the unity of the nation-state in advanced industrial societies have surprised most of us. Scotland, Quebec, Flanders, Occitania, bCatalonia and other regions have made life more interesting politically and more confusing intellectually. While the emergence of ethnic consciousness, or concern with ethnic identity, appears nearly universal across Europe and North America (or indeed around the globe)nationalist movements—demands for autonomy or outright separation—are not equally strong: the nationalism of the Scots, the Basques, Catalans, Croats, Flemish, and Quebecois is far more powerful than that of the Alsatians, Bretons, South Italians, and the Occitents.

Charisma and History

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
Robert I. Rotberg
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
State Level ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Individual Trait ◽  
Analytical Utility

Abstract Because charisma is a social phenomenon, not an individual trait, its analytical utility in assessing and evaluating the quality and character of political leadership remains questionable. Cultural differences influence the traits and attributes that are internalized by one set of followers and not others. At the nation-state level, political leaders do arise who mesmerize their constituents charismatically, but too frequently that appeal is episodic, transient, and easily forfeited. Most of all, successful political leadership is more than behaving charismatically; delivering results in the form of economic growth, educational advances, health and medical services, and national self-respect are more important and more lasting. David Bell brings all of those considerations to the fore in a remarkable book that analyzes the charismatic appeals of Washington, Napoleon, Louverture, Paoli, and Bolivar, and raises important questions about the force of charisma in history.

scholarly journals Distribusi Keruangan Penanaman Modal di Kabupaten Bantul

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Aprilia Prasmudika Sighita ◽  
Bambang Sriyanto Eko Prakoso
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Nearest Neighbour ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
R Value ◽  
Investment Firm ◽  
Neighbour Analysis ◽  
Selection Of

Kabupaten Bantul meraih prestasi tingkat nasional di tahun 2008 yakni memperoleh penghargaan dalam KPPOD Award. Penghargaan yang diperoleh menjadi awal yang baik bagi Kabupaten Bantul dalam memperbaiki iklim penanaman modal. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengidentifikasi dan menganalisis distribusi keruangan penanaman modal dan pengaruh karakteristik wilayah terhadap pemilihan lokasi penanaman modal. Teknik analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis deskriptif, analisis tetangga terdekat, dan analisis regresi berganda. Berdasarkan hasil kajian dapat disimpulkan bahwa distribusi keruangan penanaman modal di Kabupaten Bantul terdistribusi di 10 kecamatan, sedangkan 7 kecamatan lainnya belum menjadi destinasi penanaman modal. Untuk lokasi perusahaan penanaman modal membentuk pola dispersed atau merata dengan nilai R sebesar 5,920887 (R>1). Sebagian dari lokasi penanaman modal berada di tepi jalan raya. Pemilihan lokasi penanaman modal di Kabupaten Bantul dipengaruhi oleh faktor daya tarik karakteristik wilayah seperti pertumbuhan ekonomi dan jumlah objek wisata. Bantul Regency won the national award of KPPOD in 2008. That award was a good commencement to improve Bantul Regency’s investment climate. The aims of this research were to identify and analyse the spatial distribution of investment and the effect of regional characteristics on the selection of investment site. The analytical techniques used in the research are descriptive analysis, nearest neighbour analysis, and multiple regression analysis. Based on the analysis, it can be concluded that distribution of investment in Bantul Regency distributed in 10 sub-districts, while 7 others are not yet be destination of investment. For the location of investment firms forms a dispersed pattern with R value 5,920887 (R>1). Some investment firm are located on the edge of highway. The selection of investment sites in Bantul regency is affected by the attraction factors of the region characteristics such as economic growth and number of tourism objects.   

scholarly journals Economics, Politics, and Ethnicity in Balochistan's Transport Industry

1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (4II) ◽  
pp. 619-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Titus
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Ethnic Conflict ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
The State ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Distribution Of Wealth ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Transport Industry ◽  
The Creation

Because of its potential to disrupt economic development, it is necessary to understand the dynamics of ethnic conflict in the contemporary world. A prevalent trend in the study of ethnicity is to focus on the creation and/or maintenance of ethnic identities and mobilisation on the basis of those identities as groups compete for resources, opportunities, or political power in the context of the nation-state [Barth (1969); Brass (1985); Comaroff (1987); Mumtaz (1990)]. In this approach, an ethnic group's distinguishing markers-language, custom, dress, etc.-are treated less as manifestations of tradition which define or create the group and more as arenas of negotiation and contestation in which people strive to realise their practical and symbolic interests. This happens as individuals or families, pursuing their livelihoods with the skills and resources available to them, find (or create) opportunities or obstacles which appear to be based on' ethnic criteria. The state can intensify this process as it uses positive or negative discrimination in order to achieve some desired distribution of wealth and opportunity. In turn, political leadership becomes a key in realising the experience of shared ethnic interests. Leadership develops as a kind of dual legitimation process, i.e., as individuals or organisations seek to be accepted as spokesmen both by members of the group itself and by outsiders.

Effects of Psychedelic Use on Racial Trauma Symptoms and Ethnic Identity among Asians in North America

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Terence H. W. Ching ◽  
Alan K. Davis ◽  
Yitong Xin ◽  
Monnica T. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
North America ◽  
Trauma Symptoms ◽  
Racial Trauma

Population Aggregation and the Emergence of Circular Villages in Southwest Virginia

2018 ◽  
pp. 140-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard W. Jefferies
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
North America ◽  
Late Woodland ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Late Prehistoric ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
Settlement Structure ◽  
Southern Appalachian ◽  
Late Prehistoric Period ◽  
Population Aggregation

Archaeological evidence from throughout much of eastern North America documents a transition from small, scattered settlements to nucleated, often circular, villages during the Late Woodland/Late Prehistoric period (ca. A.D. 1000-1600). In southwestern Virginia's Appalachian Highlands, this transition is marked by the appearance of large circular palisaded villages associated with what Howard MacCord called the Intermontane Culture. This paper investigates the origin, structure, and spatial distribution of Late Woodland circular villages across the southern Appalachian landscape and compares their emergence to similar trends in settlement structure and organization witnessed in other parts of the Appalachian Highlands and beyond.

scholarly journals Overlapping Histories, Co-produced Concepts: Imperialism in Chinese Eyes

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 685-706
Author(s):  
Leigh K. Jenco ◽  
Jonathan Chappell
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
State Building ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Nation State ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Territorial Expansion ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Chinese Nationalism ◽  
Nation States

Many historians of China, particularly those based in North America, insist that the Qing dynasty's territorial expansion was imperial and comparable to the imperial expansions of other global empires. Other historians, particularly but not only those based in the People's Republic of China, continue to resist this interpretation. They argue that dynastic expansion in the Ming and Qing periods was simply a form of nation-state building, akin to similar processes in Europe. Rather than rejecting their claims as a product of Chinese nationalism, we argue that the term “empire” should be (re)understood as a global co-production, emerging from multiple intersecting histories and scholarly debates about those histories. Doing so challenges influential definitions of empire that rely on a distinction between empires and nation-states, highlighting their dual presence in both Euro-American and Chinese pasts (and presents). This move demands a rejection of periodizations that suggest that empires ceased to exist following the period of decolonization from 1945 to the 1970s. This opens up new avenues of historical and normative inquiry to acknowledge the modern continuity between empires and nation-states.

Towards an Understanding of the recent European Labour Market Reforms: A New Case Study in Comparative Capitalism?

2001 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm MacLaren
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
North America ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
International Competitiveness ◽  
Market Reforms ◽  
Labour Market Reforms ◽  
Fundamental Matter ◽  
Comparative Capitalism

The series of labour market reforms recently introduced across Europe may have struck many observers in North America, as it did critics on the continent, as incongruous. The reforms, whose main purpose is to extend worker protection, come at a time when economic growth on the continent is slowing markedly. From the perspective of German, French, Spanish and European legislators, however, the reforms are sensible and timely, conducive to international competitiveness. How can these diametrically opposed assessments about such a fundamental matter be explained?

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