Constitutional patriotism is one of the most attractive yet ill-defined ideas in modern political theory. It is the idea that people should form a political attachment to the norms and values of a pluralistic liberal democratic constitution rather than a national culture or cosmopolitan society......
Transnational Citizenship is a puzzling concept if we think about citizenship as a relation between an individual, a state, and the other citizens of that state. It redefines traditional notions of citizenship and replaces an individual’s singular national loyalties with the ability to bel.....
A supranational union is a type of multinational political union where negotiated power is delegated to an authority by governments of member states. It is a supranational organization that is an international group or union in which the power and influence of member states transcend national bou.....
Civic nationalism is meant to describe a political identity built around shared citizenship in a liberal-democratic state. It also is known as liberal nationalism, which is a form of nationalism identified by political philosophers who believe in an inclusive form of nationalism that adheres to t.....
Anti-consumerism is opposition or resistance to a culture or way of life emphasizing the purchase and use of consumer goods. It is a sociopolitical ideology that is opposed to consumerism, the continual buying and consuming of material possessions. It is a social ideology that decries the excessi.....
Anarchism is a belief in the abolition of all government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion. It is a political philosophy and movement that rejects all involuntary, coercive forms of hierarchy. It calls for the abolition of th.....
Classical liberalism is a political ideology and a branch of liberalism which advocates civil liberties under the rule of law with an emphasis on economic freedom. Closely related to economic liberalism, it developed in the early 19th century, building on ideas from the previous century as a resp.....
Colonialism is the act of one nation controlling another for economic gain. Exploitation colonialism involves fewer colonists and focuses on the exploitation of natural resources or population as labor, typically to the benefit of the metropole. It is the national economic policy of conquering a .....
Colonialism as a concept has its roots in European expansionism and the founding of the so-called New World. Settler colonialism is an ongoing system of power that perpetuates the genocide and repression of indigenous peoples and cultures. This colonialism is a form of colonialism that seeks to r.....
Internal Colonialism is a theoretical and practical guide for understanding sentimental particularities of political society and postcolonial culture. It is the uneven effects of economic development on a regional basis, otherwise known as “uneven development” as a result of the expl.....
Suburban areas have lower population density than inner-city neighborhoods. The suburban colonization process is observed in larger cities that have suffered population and political power loss to suburbs. Suburban colonization happens when people move to suburbs, taking their political power w.....
In the fields of the political sciences, ‘Political Socialization’ is the process through which a person develops political beliefs and opinions that influence their behavior in social spheres. Socialization is largely a one-way process through which young people gain an understanding of the .....