Meaning of Floridisation | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of Floridization.

UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable

Examples

“[T]he bland refusal of public accountability which has allowed unparalleled extravagance in the provision of space, furniture, fittings and accoutrements for the Parliament while leaving schools ill-equipped and underprovided; and it does not record⟳ the results of the ‘Floridisation’ policy [...]”

“Indeed, another plausible view⟳ is the Floridisation of American politics, the idea that it is now in an exact two-party balance.”

“The greatest twin victory of humanity over health issues has delivered one of the greatest challenges to man: Population ageing. Often described as ‘Floridisation of the World’, population ageing is the outcome of man’s victory over death and deceases as well as unwanted child bearing [...].”

“A number⟳ of critics of Florida's creative class thesis have⟳ argued that it is an insufficient basis for urban competitiveness and that attention is deflected away from lower social groups [...] Finally, the numbers of people who make⟳ up the creative class in a city are relatively small compared with the wider economy, and might therefore represent⟳ a small contribution to a city’s growth and competitiveness. Pursuit of the ‘Floridisation’ of cities should be treated with caution [...].”

“Taking after what America did to [Fidel] Castro's Cuba, since 2000, we have⟳ witnessed a trend towards "Floridisation" of Zimbabwean politics, which is to say⟳ an attempt⟳ to encourage⟳ an outbound movement of Zimbabwean nationals in the hope⟳ of creating a critical voting mass that can be relied upon to capture⟳ the Zimbabwean State, Hamid Karzai-style.”

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