In compartmentalization the crash forces are absorbed by the vehicle structure which is designed to protect the occupant, said Charles Hott. NHTSA's school bus specifications engineer. In an occupant restraint system in general passenger vehicles the crash forces are absorbed by the body of the occupant.
This paper sets out to investigate the relationship between nationalism and democracy. and aims to distinguish different types of ethnic mobilization with a democratic. nation-state. To clarify the relationship between nationalism and democracy two. variants of nationalism (ethnic and civic nationalism) are distinguished. We find that. civic nationalism creates better conditions for democracy that ethnic nationalism, while weak nationalism creates better conditions than strong nationalism.
Saturday, 23 May 2009 12:05. Nationalism has made a major contribution to global governance through our system of nation-states. Nationalism has been called an ideology, a sentiment, a culture or even a social movement that pertains to nations. According to anthropologists, ethnic groups or nations have existed for at least 20,000 years, although until recent centuries virtually no-one had more than a local identity.