Supranational Organizations and Devolution

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Supranational Organizationsand Devolution
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Supranational Organizations

• Union of multiple countries for a purpose
• Diplomatic
• Economic
• Military

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Diplomatic Organizations
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U.N.

• United Nations
• Created after WWII

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What are the goals of the U.N.?
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U.N.

• facilitating cooperation
• in international law
• international security
• economic development
• social progress
• human rights
• and achieving world peace

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League of Nations

• Predecessor to U.N.
• Created after WWI
• Had many of the same goals as U.N.
• Failed

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Economic Organizations
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EU

• European Union
• Made trading between member states easier and
  more profitable
• No tariffs
• Tax on imports
• Unified currency
• All states except UK and Denmark use the Euro
• Makes it easier to make purchases across Europe
• Good for business

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OPEC

• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• Aims is to stabilize price of oil

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NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement

• Eliminated barriers of trade and investment
  between the USA, Canada and Mexico
• No tariffs
• Outsourcing

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Military Organizations
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NATO

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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NATO

• Military alliance
• Agree to mutual defense response if attacked by
  another country
• Created after WWII as an alliance to fight the
  USSR

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Warsaw Pact

• Military alliance like NATO
• USSRs response to NATO

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Devolution

• Giving powers to regional governments
• Reaction to Centrifugal forces

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Devolution

• Regions within a state demand autonomy from the
  central gov.
• Want more say in local politics

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DevolutionUnited Kingdom
England has given more power to Scotland,
Northern Ireland and Wales to make their own
decisions

• Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are granted
  some autonomy
• Each have their own Parliament.
• Still have to answer to British Parliament

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DevolutionSpain

• 17 Autonomous Communities of Spain
• After death of Gen. Franco, central governments
  grants autonomy to 17 regions including
• Basque Country
• Catalonia

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Centrifugal Forces
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Centrifugal Forces

• Forces that tend to divide a country
• CentriFugal
• Force apart

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Centrifugal Forces

• Differences in Identity
• Language
• Religion
• Ethnicity
• History

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Centripetal Forces

• Forces that tend to unite a country
• CentriPetal
• Pull together

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Centripetal Forces

• Mostly have to do with nationalism
• External threats
• Result of war or an attack (9/11)
• Olympics
• Charismatic or strong leader

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Centripetal Forces

• Reasons for Centrifugal can also be reasons for
  Centripetal
• Shared Identity
• Religion
• Language
• History