Regionalism attracts because we perceive that the admittedly global economy mocks any preoccupation with localism and local loyalties and causes. |
With the exception of certain, fully-gentrified areas, localism and tribalism reign, provincial and backward attitudes dominate. |
This in itself suggests the depth of localism and regionalism and the seriousness of giving them due weight in symbolizing the nation as a whole. |
What's the point of the Government advocating localism when the district council is run by people who know nothing about Witham? |
Symbolic attachment may reinforce localism or take the form of personal commitments that extend across socioeconomic strata. |
The tendencies of innovations in the Plantagenet monarchy were towards a centralised bureaucracy and judiciary, with the gradual elimination of localisms. |