“Let the naming and shaming begin”(CNN). The Chinese government and the population of the nation are getting their index fingers ready and their cackling voices warmed up for prime aversive conditioning for the results of the list of the ten most air-polluted cities on China. This list is to be followed up each and every month‚ along with a parallel list of the best environmentally conscious cities in the nation‚ in the hopes that national humiliation will push positive environmental action. Recent
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previous decades. These leaders soon became aware of the fact that they had to ensure their public was pleased with their decisions or else face the repercussions of their decisions Education had the most profound effect on a nation‚ playing a decisive role in shaping a nations perspective on war‚ it had the potential to approve‚ disprove‚ fight‚ liberate‚ or conquer as a whole force. However‚ national spirit itself was revered; it enabled a country to fight in any war‚ despite their chance‚ it gave
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others‚ nationalism is based on the simple fact of having the legal paper of a nation with a weak sense of belonging within the culture of the influential majority. Scholars such as Ernest Gellner‚ Anderson‚ and Samuel
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interest. The history is as old as the history of world. The concept of National interest is indistinct and carries a meaning according to the milieu in which it is used by the states. The term national interest gained currency with the emergence of nation state system following the end of WWII‚ National interest become a tool to increase political control and the expansion of economic relations (Thompson‚ 1966). National interest is the long term and continuing ends established by states for which
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The role of teachers as nation builders The role of teachers in the building of a nation can not be ignored. It is they who influence the immature minds of the youth and tries to mould the living stuff into various forms. It is they on who depends the future of the nation. Hence‚ they are the most important part of the society. In the past‚ teachers were considered respectable figures even by the kings and the emperors‚ because only teachers were there to guide and advice them in hours of crisis
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“national identity” and related missiological studies. II. A Review of the Literature on “ethnicity” and “national identity” Professor Adrian Hastings ’ comments are especially relevant for Bosnia-Herzegovina‚ Ethnicity‚ nation‚ nationalism and religion are four distinct and determinative elements within European and world history. Not one of these can be safely marginalized by either the historian or the politician concerned to understand the shaping of modern society.
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1. Boundary Types (Antecedent‚ Subsequent‚ etc.) a. This concept is important because it shows the relationship between different regions‚ as well as colonized countries and their colonizers. The different boundary types either create more difficult ways of transportation/trade‚ or ease transportation/trade‚ etc. 2. Federal/Unitary/Confederate Governments b. The different types of government are important because they show how a country is being ruled. It also hints at the type
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1. Reading for this Lecture Porter M. (1990)‚ The Competitive Advantage of Nations‚ Chapters 3&4 2. Why Location Matters The ways that firms create and sustain competitive advantage in global industries provides the necessary foundation for understanding the role of the home nation in the process. There are five premises we must understand relating to national advantage: 1) The nature of competition and the sources of competitive advantage differ widely among industries and industry segments
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are directly linked to a census – generally viewed as a matter of bureaucratic routine‚ a necessity of the modern age‚ a kind of national accounting. By our racial‚ ethnic‚ linguistic or religious “marks”‚ we are a part of a specific society or nation. But it was not always like that. People often had the sense of simply being “from here” and did not realize the complex meaning of “to belong”. History gives us great examples of struggle for identification. In Southeastern Europe‚ at the turn of
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The Role of Christian Youth in Nation Building National Identity The notion of nation-building presupposes that the nation itself is in need of building; or rebuilding‚ in some cases. The term nation-building in its original sense referred to newly-independent nations in Africa to reshape colonial territories that had been carved out by colonial powers without regard to ethnic or other boundaries. This would later include the creation of paraphernalia such as flags‚ national anthems‚ national
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