0 a feeling of loyalty to a particular part of a country and a wish for it to be more politically independent
1 a word or expression characteristic of a particular area:
From new regionalisms to new realisms ?
In many new democracies, regionalism is a strong factor in voters' decisions, especially when multiple ethnic groups divide the countries.
Both of these processes transformed a country of regionalisms into a modern nation state.
Finally, regionalism has played relatively little part in this success story.
Neo-liberal economic analysis of regionalism amongst developing countries is equally inconclusive in evaluating the impact of trading blocs on living standards, income and welfare.
The way it achieved this demonstrates how the twin goals of nationalism and regionalism were combined.
There was also a concern with regionalism, largely absent from historical work.
Hierarchical regionalism justified hospitals and medical specialists spending most of the funds allocated to the health sector in ways determined mainly by clinicians.
