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16 Cards in this Set
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Devolution |
Desentralize on an official level. The establishment of the local and small power. |
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Regionalism |
Interest in or loyalty to a particular region. The lifestyle before globalization. We have it very strongly in Norway. |
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Home counties |
The counties of England that surround London. |
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Midlands |
The center of England. An important location for the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. |
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Nationalism |
Pride in your nation. |
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Provincial |
When something is sort of country and rural. Having or showing the manners, viewpoints etc. considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province. It has negative connotations. |
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Metropolitan |
Urban, sophisticated, accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc. |
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North-South divide |
Refers to the economic and cultural differences between Southern England and the rest of Great Britain. But there is also internal North-South divides in Wales (North and South Wales) and Scotland (where Edinburgh is viewed as 'fancy and citified' and 'English' while Glasgow is industrial). |
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OECD: |
Stands for 'Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development'. It is an international economic organization, founded to stimulate economic progress and world trade. |
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Emergent |
Something that is in development. |
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Residual |
Remaining |
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Northernness |
Is rooted in the region's overall industrial history and refers to 'a set of values' (e.g. collectivism and a sense of community, hard physical labour and masculinity). |
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Cottonopolis |
A city centered on cotton trading servicing the cotton mills. Inspired by Manchester and its status as the international center of the cotton and textile trade during the 19th century. |
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Mancunian |
Person from Manchester
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Northern Soul |
A sub culture where people's lifestyle revolved around afro-american culture and particularly obscure soul music from America. |
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Offa |
The king who built Offa's Dyke, a wall on the boarder of Wales. |
