Letter from America via Paris

Article Abstract:

Living in Paris during the 1992 US presidential campaign is conducive to comparisons of French and American politics and culture. A salient feature of European culture is how uniform and Americanized it has became. However, Paris retains a civility very soothing to an American. This civilized quality contrasts markedly with the growing influence of far right-wing politicians in both countries. The prejudice and hypocrisy of the 1992 US campaign were disturbing but their likely failure to fool voters is encouraging. Americans could learn the value of community from the French.

Social aspects, France, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Political campaigns, Politics and culture, Culture, Americans in France, Americans abroad

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Letter from America: the 1994 elections - Herbert Hoover redux?

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The Republican victory at the 1994 congressional elections can be attributed to the Democrats' failure to decisively address issues of national concern. However, the victory was not as overwhelming as was previously believed since only about 38% of eligible voters exercised their right of suffrage. The apathy with which Americans treated the election is traceable to both the government and the opposition's failure to adapt to the US' changing demographics.

Analysis, Political activity, Elections, Republican Party (United States), Democratic Party (United States)

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World without borders? Reflections on the future of the nation-state

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Increasing globalization is reducing the disparity and factionalism of nation-states. A careful balance must be struck, however, between the unity fostered by globalism and the soulless anonymity of denationalization. Cosmopolitan law can provide nations with legal symmetry of political and social relations without forcing them to abandon their particularistic political structure.

International, National state, Nation state (Political science), Boundaries, Boundaries (Geography)

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