unit 4 - devolution & supranationalism

• devolution is a movement from a group in a region, that wants power from the central government, to themselves, because they want to separate.
• causes of devolution: differences in religion & languange (culture), poverty or famine (unequal development), irregular borders/shape of the country
• in Europe who tried to separate/devolution movements?

  Yugoslavia (managed to separate) & Spain (didn't separate)
• yugoslavia doesn't exist anymore, it balkanized
• catalonia and basque tried to separate/devolutionize
• the soviet union contained 32 countires which all separated, they all hated the idea of communism & they balkanized
• supranationalism is a positive force/centripetal
• neoliberalism - the promotion of free market/trade & the privitization of businesses, meaning the government cannot control the businesses
• neoliberalism influences supranationalism
• supranationalism is the opposite of devolution. many states/places come together to solve a situation and to share power
• supranationalism - united businesses cooperation unity (businesses work together)
• supranationalism - when states or nation-states become one organization or alliance, meaning they work together to achieve something