Sentences with phrase «democratic practice as»

Ballot initiatives are as close to a pure democratic practice as one is likely to find.

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July 5, 2016: He holds news conference to announce that «no reasonable prosecutor» would bring criminal charges against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate, over her email practices as secretary of state, but criticizes Clinton and her staff for being «extremely careless» in their handling of classified material.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

The Federal Communications Commission, in a report to for seven Democratic senators, said it had reviewed the cases, which involved wireless carriers exempting streaming video from counting against customers» monthly data limits, a practice known as zero rating.

As a candidate nation for EU membership, Turkey «needs to aspire to the highest possible democratic standard and practices, including on the freedom of the media,» said EU spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic.

And yet the very practices of a democratic state, including such governmental business as legislative sessions and judicial proceedings, can not be carried out effectively if there are no restraints on the rights of people to disrupt them.

So the Supreme Court, when it practices judicial activism, undercuts democratic participation not only by substituting its own assertoric judgment for democratic deliberation, or by ignoring the plain letter of the constitution in favor of its own political inclinations, but also by understanding itself as a council of philosopher kings (versus really good lawyers) prudentially adjusting the fundamental nature of American democracy to fit the ever changing historical horizon that provides the context for its expression.

This structure itself is simply inconsistent with democratic concepts spreading around the world today as well as enlightened management practices, to say nothing of the role and responsibilities of the lay membership as the «priesthood of all believers.»

Orwin goes on to say that Liberal Democracy doesn't work like that in practice because it actually assumes a particular conception of the good: «For so long as you observe prevailing liberal democratic norms on all fundamental social questions, you're free in merely secondary matters to continue in the ways of your ancestors.»

Just as androcentric competition in the polis had the dark underside of classist, racist, and sexist repressions of women - slaves - children, so Greco - Roman cultures and politics came to renounce even their limited democratic ideals and practices in the pursuit of the certainties and necessities of militaristic imperialism.

As the ills of capitalism became apparent in the late 19th century and as various forms of socialism — Soviet, democratic, Chinese - developed in the 20th century, notable Christian theologians — Tillich, the early Reinhold Niebuhr, the early Brunner and, more recently, liberation theologians - have advocated the wedding of Christian ethics with socialist economic practicAs the ills of capitalism became apparent in the late 19th century and as various forms of socialism — Soviet, democratic, Chinese - developed in the 20th century, notable Christian theologians — Tillich, the early Reinhold Niebuhr, the early Brunner and, more recently, liberation theologians - have advocated the wedding of Christian ethics with socialist economic practicas various forms of socialism — Soviet, democratic, Chinese - developed in the 20th century, notable Christian theologians — Tillich, the early Reinhold Niebuhr, the early Brunner and, more recently, liberation theologians - have advocated the wedding of Christian ethics with socialist economic practice.

Greek political practice, though never fully democratic, was in advance of the insights of Plato and Aristotle as to human equality.

(We can talk about the democratic practice of an omnibus bill later, perhaps, because gracious, what a miscarriage of democracy...) So Bill C - 45 is an omnibus bill, attached to our budget currently going through Parliament, with hundreds of provisions included, which (and these are the key ones related to Idle No More) seriously undermine our environmental sustainability as a nation and the sovereign rights of the First Nations still existing within our borders.

Some would argue that current trends toward «sustainable development» are becoming so prominent and pervasive within both government and corporate practices as to suggest that the global market economy, at least in democratic, industrialized countries, itself could be in the midst of a pervasive paradigm shift.

As they develop economically, non-Western societies are more likely to see virtues in political democracy than in Western Christianity and they will become more likely to reinterpret their religious and cultural traditions so as to make them compatible with the democratic political practiceAs they develop economically, non-Western societies are more likely to see virtues in political democracy than in Western Christianity and they will become more likely to reinterpret their religious and cultural traditions so as to make them compatible with the democratic political practiceas to make them compatible with the democratic political practices.

The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of values discourse in the East Asian region - local values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore, makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the value of extending research focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.

The upshot is that impersonal dynamics are prioritised over experiential ones and progressive democratic agency is construed through free - floating notions of flux and contestation, rather than as an embodied practice in the world.

Given this, I think that political theorists, especially radical democratic theorists, need to come up with less empty and, in some cases, less «exotic» theories of practice as say, ceaseless contestation.

As fits its combo mission, the initial blog posts on the Open.Dems front page are a mixed collection: a couple of best - practices pieces on fundraising and splash pages, an uber - nerdy article on a Ruby on Rails feature, and the announcement of a Democratic voter - registration widget from a few weeks ago.

The bill comes from Murphy as the practice of campaign transfers has come under investigation from the 2014 Senate campaign, in which donors funneled millions through Democratic county committees, which ultimately backed Democratic Senate candidates.

He is also currently a visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster teaching innovations in democratic practice, as well as a research assistant at INLOGOV, University of Birmingham researching accountability in local governance.

Shirley started her political life on the left as a teenager, in the Labour Party, and the egalitarian, social democratic ideas she espoused — and put into practice as Education Secretary in the late 1970s - remain essentially intact.

As the Democratic governor considers whether to allow the controversial gas drilling practice, anti-fracking forces vow to stop it — even if they have to go to jail to do so.

The real problem is that much «Wall of Separation» rhetoric implies there is a clear, impregnable line between church and state activity when in practice over the twentieth century the principle of church - state separation has become one of lively democratic contestation and a degree of flexibility, allowing Catholics and other religious organizations to enter the public sphere and participate on the same terms as any other group.

Even under Blair, according to Lewis Minkin in The Blair Supremacy, Partnership into Power was conceived as a unified policy development process (albeit not in practice a democratic one).

In addition to Senate Republicans that have benefited from the practice, three members of the Independent Democratic Conference, which has a power - sharing arrangement with the GOP, receive stipends despite not serving as committee chairs or having leadership posts.

Washington (CNN)-- The Internal Revenue Service targeted liberal groups as well as conservatives seeking tax - exempt status, a Democratic congressman charged on Monday after the agency acknowledged the inappropriate practice continued until last month.

«As a lawmaker, I fought to end the practice of prison - based gerrymandering that distorted the democratic process and undermined the principle of «one person, one vote.»

Gifford Miller has been teaching politics at NYU since the spring, avoiding the practice of politics since losing in last year's Democratic mayoral primary and being term - limited out of his job as City Council speaker.

President Mahama said as an icon of democracy and successful elections, Ghana would continue to blaze the political trail by ensuring that only the best and positive political practices were implemented to further deepen its democratic credentials.

WASHINGTON — President Trump appeared to call for imprisonment of former State Department aide Huma Abedin over her email practices as he once again blasted his 2016 Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.

«Unless we apply the break and uphold the rule of law and democratic conventions and practices in all ramifications, our greatest losses, moving forward, will not be economic recession, lack of critical infrastructure, among others, but an irredeemably deteriorated civilian rule where the decisions of the courts, letters and spirit of the law, resolutions of the legislature, electoral choices of Nigerians as expressed through the ballot no longer count.»

And at the risk of sounding so pessimistic, so shall it be if we as a people do not take urgent and sincere steps to correct the ills and abnormality in our democratic system and practice.

Some Republicans have grown more optimistic about holding their majorities in Congress in recent days as Trump has avoided major gaffes and Democratic nominee Clinton has struggled with lingering questions about an FBI investigation into her email practices while serving as secretary of state.

It is commendable that he, as well as numerous members of the Democratic party, believe that all current workers at minimum wage and future workers be given a more conducive living wage but in practice it would cause a greater number of current workers and perspective workers to be or remain unemployed.

President John Mahama has praised Ghana as a nation that continues to inspire other Sub-Saharan African countries to strive for better democratic practices.

President Mahama also cited the peace and security Ghana currently enjoys as inspiration to other African countries like Guinea Bissau to aspire to better democratic practices in equal measure.

Democratic challenger Robert Meguin has worked as an attorney in private practice since 2004.

The talking points attack the Democratic platform of public financing for elections, changes to state abortion law that opponents say would open the door to regulations that could greatly expand the practice's surgical parameters, as well as the Dream Act, which would allow undocumented immigrants to utilize state tuition assistance programs.

He noted that since the APC found veritable reasons to review the outcome of the governorship primary, and was able to establish valid grounds to cancel the exercise as well as call for a fresh one, the decision to deviate from the panel's decision was a negation of due process and «an unfashionable hollow in democratic best practices.»

A watchdog group has accused the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and several of its candidates of using illegal advertising practices this election cycle, asserting that the committee funneled extra money to its campaigns as an ad strategy.

ALBANY — State lawmakers are growing more skeptical of the Cuomo administration's economic development practices, as long - simmering questions have been reinforced by a slew of felony charges and continual power plays by the Democratic governor.

In the dispensations that are well practiced in democratic politicking and elections, it is required, nay demanded, that those who are offering themselves as offering better governance, present policies and programmes demonstrating the happy days yet to come.

Our penchant for undermining well known democratic practices, lack of internal democracy, the crave for personal interests as against the general good of the party and the determined posturing of self before others, are to mention a few, the root causes of our political dilemma in the state.

Apparently the prospectus defined research in the public interest as «those decisions and actions that further democracy, democratic practices, equity, and social justice.»

Warren is interested in the development of community leaders through involvement in multiracial political action as well as the outcomes of such efforts in fostering community development, social justice, and school transformation; and is committed to using the results of scholarly research to advance democratic practice.

The HOT Approach: Changing Instructional Practice Through Strong Arts, Arts Integration and Democratic Practice, has evolved from HOT Schools (™) and serves as the genesis for developing COA's Arts Education programs and services.

We propose the idea of «democratic experimentalism» as a way forward — intentional experimentation and evaluation led by states to determine best practices.

Ultimately, we argue that the complexities of policy borrowing and implementation can be better understood when considered in relation to democratic societal values, especially as they are practiced in the school system.