Problem
Parochial national interests
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Nationalistic images of citizenshipDefensive nationalistic images
Parochial external relations
Differences in international political alliances
International conflict of national interests
Nature:
Physical isolation from other countries has been replaced by powerful military and economic controls to create national security. Studies in national character often are attempts to further this end. People are prevented from appropriating other cultures by national-oriented concepts of foreign threat and by dehumanized images of other nationalities. Popular images are often powerful enough to influence the behaviour of the majority of a nation's citizens towards other nations and cultures; and international encounter is limited to superficial efforts at diplomacy or tourism.
Narrower Problems:
National boundariesParochial market researchNationalistic attitudes to currencyDifferences in national economic interestSelf-interested government foreign policiesHabitual overemphasis on national self-determination Related Problems:
ContinentalismParochial family responsibilityOveremphasis on individual rightsLimited community responsibility of adultsStructural failure of citizen participationParochial preoccupation with community problemsModern disruption of traditional symbol systemsLimited exposure to outside influences in rural villages Aggravates:
Forced motherhoodRegional tensionsConflict of dutiesPolitical tensionsLack of human unityEconomic isolationismIneffective diplomacyNon-concerned attitudesErosion of cultural identityInternational aid paternalismMisuse of international forumsInternational crisis escalationUnbridled competition among statesTariff barriers to international tradeSocially unaccountable global governanceAbandonment by the international communityDomination of the world by sovereign statesInadequate national empathy for external hardshipResource consumption exacerbated by price distortionsUnilateral interpretations of multilateral principlesNationalistically determined development of natural resourcesExploitation of confusion between public and government interest Strategies:
Researching international politicsIndicating need for political alliancesBroadening national interestsBeing defensivePromoting nationalistic images of citizenshipPractising solidarity Subject(s):
Defence → ConflictGovernment → Citizenship
Government → Diplomacy
Government → Nation state
Government → Political
Policy-making → Policy
Psychology → Imagery
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST