Sentences with phrase «era social reforms»

It is the West itself that has veered away from the direction in which its civilization was traveling under the direction of classical political economy and Progressive Era social reforms.

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Christian women of the modern era have been pioneers in areas such as education, health care, business, artistic expression, social reform, and worldwide evangelism.

Sister Agnes does an excellent job of setting the scene: an era of social change, an awareness of a need for reform in the Church but those attempting it mostly drifting off into schism or heresy.

In the civil rights era, methods of nonviolent resistance and social reform were cultivated, tested, debated and refined.

At a partisan level, also during the Thatcher era, the cause of constitutional reform was taken up by the SDP - Liberal Alliance made up of the Social Democratic Party, which had split off from the Labour Party in 1981, and the more established Liberal Party.

What Labour needs is a new social democratic revisionism, that heavily focuses on restructuring the welfare state, to unite communitarian and cosmopolitan voters, in an era of globalization, high inequalities, increased demands for choice, and an ageing population This requires applying the principles of solidarity, reciprocity and individual empowerment, in relation to reforming the welfare state, to make it more effective at tackling poverty and providing economic security, and to satisfy rising demands for choice.

He started as the centrist, huskie - loving environmentalist, then morphed into a Thatcher - era fiscal disciplinarian who hated all the «green crap», then in his dying moments as prime minister he tried to re-embrace a social reforming side.

I'm worried that when the history of today's era of education reform is written, the most damning critique will be that its progressive leaders had little understanding of social capital.