Portal Politics
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Portal Politics is a phrase that refers to the ever-increasing struggle for balance between the fast-shrinking geographic borders of trade in the global market and the constant struggle for influence within the market.
The term Portal Politics was first used within a scholarly article written in 1983 by Brian Roy of the Tipperary Fellowship, an organizational think tank focused on examining the relational basis of global markets. In its original context "Portal Politics" was used to refer to the vehicle through which lesser players in the global economy attempt to exert influence through their more limited means. More recently, however, the term has become a catch-all phrase describing banal attempts to positively effect local economies at the risk or detriment of the global economy. Most frequently, this term has been applied as a derogatory reference to those who question the neoliberalist approach to the marketplace in favor of a more nationalistic view of economy.