Politieke multiplicatie en mobilisering

Samenvatting

The process of unification in third world countries is often very slow. This unification tends to be based on some natural center in the country. It can be seen as the replacement of smaller units by a larger, all-embracing unit. Mobilization efforts around these centers are not always successful. Alternative mobilization may also occur, and is most likely in situations where there is another physical place around which certain groups are centered (besides the main center of the nation), where there is little contact with the national center, and when the outlying areas are not or are only marginally dependent on the center. Some concrete examples of this can be found in Ireland, where Belfast forms an alternative center for mobilization, and in Cyprus, which also has two centers of mobilization. There are many such cases to be found in the third world. The physical arrangement of a nation is important in developing a scheme to evaluate the possibilities of mobilizing the population. Other factors must be taken into consideration before a complete model can be constructed. P. Tiersma.