Three Books Interrogate the Status Quo of Nation Building in Puerto Rico: A Review Essay

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-136
Author(s):  
Maritza Stanchich
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Review Essay ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
The Status

Ideologies of Gender on Television in India

2002 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Divya C. Mcmillin
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Female Leadership ◽  
Prime Time ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
National Network ◽  
Content Analyses ◽  
The Status

Content analyses of Indian television programmes on the national network Doordarshan in the 1980s have shown that prime-time shows cast women as docile homemakers and as objects of male desire. This paper uses a critical postcolonial theoretical framework and narrative analysis method to detect ideologies of gender from programmes randomly selected from a month's menu of the transnational, national and regional television networks in the country. A broad conclusion is that Indian television in the late 1990s perpetuates, across channels, the 1980s' stereotypical images of women, images that have their roots in Vedic, colonial, and nationalist literature. The status quo is explained through a critical discussion of the framing of 'woman' in colonial and postcolonial nation-building efforts. The paper also points to the emerging genre of hybrid programming, where the greater incidence of female veejays and talk show hosts paves the way for the expression of female leadership and desire, and leads to more positive television portrayals of women in the 21st century.

Puerto Rico control board will squeeze debt holdouts

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Puerto Rican ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Control Board ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Us History ◽  
Bright Spots ◽  
The Status ◽  
Pension Liabilities

Significance The announcement would mark the largest subnational bankruptcy in US history, with Puerto Rico facing debt obligations of 73 billion dollars from an array of public entities and 49 billion dollars of unfunded pension liabilities. Demonstrators on May 1 in the capital of San Juan criticised Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello’s administration, US lawmakers, the island’s federal fiscal control board and budgetary austerity. Impacts Mulled port improvements and electricity liberalisation reforms could offer some economic bright spots for Puerto Rico. A June referendum on Puerto Rico’s status is unlikely to clarify a path from the status quo as an indebted and unincorporated US territory. US President Donald Trump will oppose any congressional efforts to boost federal transfers to Puerto Rico. However, Democrats may attempt to secure greater funding in legislative negotiations to cater to urban expatriate Puerto Rican voters.

scholarly journals Ukraine: the Radical Solution of the Nation-Building’s Problem

2015 ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
M V Kosmachev
Keyword(s):  
Nation Building ◽  
State Building ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Ethnic Community ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
Ethnic Cleansing ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Coup D'etat ◽  
The Status ◽  
Radical Solution

The article is devoted to the problem of nation building in Ukraine. After 1991 Ukrainian political elite is forced to preserve the status quo and maneuver between the practice of constructing supra-ethnic community in the form of the nation-state or in the form of the empire. The coup d’état proceeded in Ukraine in February 2014 and further confrontation demonstrate a commitment of elite groups to the line of the nation-state building in its radical form. The execution of the chosen line is only possible by force of ethno-nationalism and ethnic cleansing.

The Politics of Nationalism and Status in Puerto Rico

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1083-1101 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Lecours ◽  
Valérie Vézina
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Puerto Rican ◽  
Puerto Ricans ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Peculiar Feature ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
The Status ◽  
Puerto Rican Nationalism ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractOver the last several decades, nationalist movements in liberal democracies have challenged their community's relationship with the state. One such case that has drawn relatively little attention is Puerto Rico. A peculiar feature of Puerto Rican politics is that powerful nationalism coexists with several distinct status options: a reform of the current Commonwealth, statehood (becoming an American state), free association and independence. This article examines the various sources for Puerto Rican nationalism and discusses the relationship between nationalism and each of the status options. It also explains why none of the options has succeeded in gathering majority support amongst Puerto Ricans and why, therefore, the constitutional status quo has so far remained on the island.

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