Noting the rise of nationalism in the second decade of the twenty-first century, and using examples of Ukraine, Russia, Sudan, islands in the South China Sea, and the Arab Spring, the book raises two critical questions: can these conflicts and resulting situations provide sustainable new states over the long term, given the effects of contemporary globalism on national economies and prosperity everywhere? What have been the real root causes of these nationalistic fervors? Citing cultural indoctrination (CI) as the real foundation of nationalism, fourteen chapters treat, inter alia, the culture of development and the developmental capacity of states; how social controls can create political stability and social cohesion which allows for rapid economic development; the impact of cultural intelligence (the capability to relate and work across cultures) on global business; the pitfalls and potential of ethnic marketing in the financial services industry.
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