Regionalism and Regionalisation in Britain and North America

2003 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Elcock
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Governance Structures ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The Government ◽  
Local Levels

Regionalism: the development of governments and governance structures intermediate between state and local levels has become increasingly significant in the government of both Britain and the United States. Functional issues concerned with the regeneration of rustbelt areas or controlling growth in prosperous areas have resulted in searches for regionalist solutions on both sides of the Atlantic. However, in Britain there are additional pressures from regions with distinctive cultures, as well as from the increasingly influential ‘Europe of the Regions’. Demands for regional government and governance may be generated from the bottom up by a region's politicians, business leaders and others but they are unlikely to be successful unless they are encouraged by higher levels of government, at state, national or supranational levels.

Methaqualone Abuse: An Epidemic for the Seventies

1973 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-413
Author(s):  
Robert J. Kempton ◽  
Thomas Kempton
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
The United States ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Preclinical Testing ◽  
History Of ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Legal Controls ◽  
Local Levels

The history of methaqualone is reviewed, beginning with the first synthesis of the compound in 1951. Early preclinical testing of the drug pointed to its being a safe, nonaddicting nonbarbiturate sedative-hypnotic. However, reports from Great Britain and Japan during the late, and mid-1960s unambiguously showed that methaqualone could produce in users both physical and psychological dependency. Our survey of drug treatment agencies in eight states reinforces the findings of reports from other countries, and shows that abuse of methaqualone in the United States is widespread and growing. In 1972 in those agencies surveyed, nearly half of all the clients treated (13,000) were abusing methaqualone. This represents an increase of 120% over the previous year. The authors recommend an examination of the procedures currently used to determine whether a drug should be placed under strict legal controls because of a high potential for illicit abuse. To destroy the myths surrounding methaqualone, the authors also see the need for an intensive drug education program on federal, state, and local levels.

scholarly journals The Helms-Burton Law: Development, Consequences, and Legacy for Inter-American and European-US Relations

1997 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 77-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joaquín Roy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cold War ◽  
North America ◽  
Foreign Trade ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Vice President ◽  
The United States ◽  
Secretary Of State ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Cold War

On April 11, 1997, the European Commission, represented by its vice president and UK commissioner, Leon Brittan, responsible for foreign trade and relations with North-America; and the government of the United States, represented by Under Secretary of State for Foreign Trade Stuart Eizenstat, agreed on a compromise that in effect would temporarily neutralize the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996, better known as the Helms-Burton law, just a year after its approval. In the event that all the portions of the agreement are implemented, this accommodation will represent the end of one of the most serious episodes of disagreement between Washington and Brussels since the end of the Cold War, as well as between the United States and its partners in NAFTA.

scholarly journals Predicting Periodontitis at State and Local Levels in the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 95 (5) ◽  
pp. 515-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.I. Eke ◽  
X. Zhang ◽  
H. Lu ◽  
L. Wei ◽  
G. Thornton-Evans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Local Levels

Statewide, Local, and Congressional Elections

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis W. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Congressional Elections ◽  
The State ◽  
Campaigns And Elections ◽  
Big City ◽  
Local Ordinances ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Local Levels

The vast majority of campaigns and elections in the United States occur at the state and local levels, and include everything from gubernatorial and big-city mayoral contests to local ordinances to electing dogcatchers. Although much of our attention is on presidential contests, it is...

Verán ustedes las chozas más humildes. El discurso de pobreza en la diplomacia pública cardenista dirigida a Estados Unidos

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-281
Author(s):  
Sylvia Dümmer Scheel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Deal ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Government ◽  
Lazaro Cardenas ◽  
The New Deal

El artículo analiza la diplomacia pública del gobierno de Lázaro Cárdenas centrándose en su opción por publicitar la pobreza nacional en el extranjero, especialmente en Estados Unidos. Se plantea que se trató de una estrategia inédita, que accedió a poner en riesgo el “prestigio nacional” con el fin de justificar ante la opinión pública estadounidense la necesidad de implementar las reformas contenidas en el Plan Sexenal. Aprovechando la inusual empatía hacia los pobres en tiempos del New Deal, se construyó una imagen específica de pobreza que fuera higiénica y redimible. Ésta, sin embargo, no generó consenso entre los mexicanos. This article analyzes the public diplomacy of the government of Lázaro Cárdenas, focusing on the administration’s decision to publicize the nation’s poverty internationally, especially in the United States. This study suggests that this was an unprecedented strategy, putting “national prestige” at risk in order to explain the importance of implementing the reforms contained in the Six Year Plan, in the face of public opinion in the United States. Taking advantage of the increased empathy felt towards the poor during the New Deal, a specific image of hygienic and redeemable poverty was constructed. However, this strategy did not generate agreement among Mexicans.

Magic and Politics

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
Sabina Magliocco
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
The United States ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Cultural Expression ◽  
Spirit World

This essay introduces a special issue of Nova Religio on magic and politics in the United States in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election. The articles in this issue address a gap in the literature examining intersections of religion, magic, and politics in contemporary North America. They approach political magic as an essentially religious phenomenon, in that it deals with the spirit world and attempts to motivate human behavior through the use of symbols. Covering a range of practices from the far right to the far left, the articles argue against prevailing scholarly treatments of the use of esoteric technologies as a predominantly right-wing phenomenon, showing how they have also been operationalized by the left in recent history. They showcase the creativity of magic as a form of human cultural expression, and demonstrate how magic coexists with rationality in contemporary western settings.

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