Sentences with phrase «on liberal democracy»

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The Public Policy Forum's report on the future of journalism and democracy was designed to convince the Liberal government to enact a number of changes to help Canada's media industry, including amending the Income Tax Act and the Copyright Act to provide new streams of revenue for the media.

Presidents from Truman through Clinton «operated on the ideological conviction that liberal democracy is the only legitimate form of government and that other forms of government are not only illegitimate but transitory.»

In this stimulating collection of essays written while he served on the President's Council on Bioethics, Peter Augustine Lawler proves himself again one of liberal democracy's most perceptive friendly critics.

The inability of the Gallicanist state to co-opt Catholicism's social energy exposed a tension inherent in liberal democracy: between the people empowered as a sovereign whole, on one hand, and those partial societies of individuals which diversify the nation, on the other.

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.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.liberal democratic norms on all fundamental social questions, you're free in merely secondary matters to continue in the ways of your ancestors.»

But Ober is more interested in confronting modern liberal and post-liberal «democracy» with the genuine ancient ideal, the Athenian «people power» of the fifth and fourth centuries b.c., on which he has had so many original and persuasive things to say since publishing Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens in 1989.

Much of the current theological critique of liberal society focuses not so much on democracy as a system of political representation as on liberalism as a form of society that operates, or seeks to operate, without a substantive conception of the good.

Second, liberal democracy is based on the principle that every adult is the political equal of every other adult.

I think it is appropriate in our liberal democracy for Christians, along with adherents of other religions, to make decisions about political issues on the basis of whatever considerations they find true and relevant.

The reactions to the attack on Charlie Hebdo highlight the odd affinity between the left and radical Islam and also draw attention to the unsung — and Augustinian — champions of liberal democracy: Satirists.

The class interest, within the political spectrum of Western democracies, is on the left; in America this means «liberal,» in current terminology.

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.

On the one hand, you have liberal democracy and rule of law as the engines of our civilisation, as best represented by London, Paris and Berlin.

What the international community needs to guard against is allowing the ICC to become a tool that Western liberal democracies can impose on developing country leaders who have fallen out of political favour.

This allows us to see that it is a mistake to assume that liberal democracy requires a strict separation of state and religion on the French or US model.

The Catalan case constitutes a clear empirical point of reference within the sphere of comparative politics on secessionist processes in liberal democracies, and constitutes a dynamic element in the European Union in an increasingly globalised world.

The tension between sovereign self - determination claims on the one hand and adherence to universal human rights principles on the other is arguably a constitutive feature of liberal democracy.

He also noted that inequalities on a number of levels exist in many liberal democracies.

He added: «I am confident the powers we need, whether it is on communications data or the content of communications, I am very comfortable they are absolutely right for a modern liberal democracy.»

It is also more inclusive than just the insistence on «political freedom» which is central to current forms of liberal democracy and the «end of history thesis ``.

Supporters of the campaign include the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, and the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

Blair's project is to dismantle the Labour Party as a party based on the unions, to destroy the elements of democracy which exist within the party and to transform the British political party system, through electoral reform, to make possible a long - term governmental alliance with the Liberal Democrats and, if possible, the Heseltine - Clarke wing of the Tory Party.

There is much common ground, too, with the ideas for «community - wealth building» being developed very concretely by the Democracy Collaborative in the US, though there is a stronger emphasis in their work on the need to root capital in specific places than one usually finds in the alternative liberal tradition.

What are the main differences and similarities between the marxist and elitist theories on the distribution of power in Liberal democracies?

The political ideology of the people who sat on the left were more liberal which at the time tended to mean anti monarchy, pro democracy, pro free trade and in America it meant smaller federal government and stronger states rights.

The party shares in the mission of many of the worldwide Green Parties and generally supports a left - leaning, liberal platform on the American political spectrum with an emphasis on the core tenets of environmental protection, social justice, grassroots democracy, and pacifism.

[37] The campaign has support from both religious and non-religious organizations at both the national and local level including the Accord Coalition, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, the British Humanist Association, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, ICoCo Foundation, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

Supporters of the campaign include the Accord Coalition, the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, and the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

When is the MSM going to stop being cowed into submission by GOP / Teatroll accusations of «liberal bias» and finally report on their secret war to undo democracy in America?

To sustain voting in liberal democracies, it is vital to give voters immediate feedback on what their votes mean.

These included: the need to examine the best ways to tackle anti-social behaviour; putting industrial democracy back at the forefront of our economic policies; giving a higher profile to fuel poverty; the need to spend more on social housing; and a desire to talk about policy to those with similar perspectives from outside the Liberal Democrats.

We will host a discussion around economic policy over on our new blog dedicated to social liberal economics, PlanC.socialliberal.net, and there will of course be a full an open debate on ownership, democracy and power, at the SLF Conference in Manchester on July 13th — here, we will focus on the wider politics of social liberalism.

He isn't much influenced by social democracy though I would hope egalitarian social liberals can get a hearing But the current public vacuum is whether he has a medium or longterm political strategy for the party, and what it is, though perhaps a lot depends on whether the tory - ld coalition is still solid in 2013 and 2014

This time — with the important caveat set out below — the more people who vote Liberal Democrat on 6 May, the greater the chance that this will be Britain's last general election under a first - past - the - post electoral system which is wholly unsuited to the political needs of a grown - up 21st - century democracy.

The Conservative Government's plans to curb the powers of the Freedom of Information Act would have a detrimental impact on Welsh democracy and public services, Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats has said.

The Welsh Liberal Democrat Local Government Spokesperson, Peter Black has welcomed today's announcement by the Local Government Minister that she will be updating statutory guidance on how local councils must publish decisions on senior officer pay and commencing the provision in the Local Government (Democracy) Wales Act 2013 from April this year, that will give the Remuneration Panel for Wales oversight of pay rises for Chief Executives.

«The way to stand up to Trump's attacks on our democracy and working families can not be to empower Republicans in the State Senate whose goals are aligned with the Trump regime,» said Bill Lipton, state director of the Working Families Party, a labor - backed group that has pushed Democrats to embrace liberal policies.

The Campaign launched in June 2013, and is also already being supported by the Accord Coalition, the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches and a number of local campaign groups.

Scalia's interpretive method is political in that it rests on an understanding of the proper operation of the political institutions of a liberal democracy.

Shanker thought of himself as a liberal, indeed a Socialist; but for many liberals he seemed a racist conservative, as he maintained his fierce anti-Communist stance, supported American military power in defense of democracy, and insisted on the primacy of the trade - union movement in making a better society.

For onlookers of democratic politics, rather than assuming a trajectory in which democracy (by which too many onlookers assume Western liberal democracy) prevails, it is prudent to heed the contested nature of this concept and note that among populations that are deeply divided on the separation of religion and state, if some form of democracy does arise once the dust settles it will by virtue of the democratic process likely take place in between the essentialized and polarizing categories — those «secular» and «Islamist» conceptions — that are so prevalently and popularly discussed in popular discourse and the media.

I focus on these issues because I think that liberal democracy can not survive the kinds of inequalities that have now become the norm in the industrialized world.

The analysis, done by the Center for Media and Democracy, a nonprofit liberal watchdog and advocacy agency based in Wisconsin that tracks corporate influence on public policy, says that four companies — Pearson Education, ETS (Educational Testing Service), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and McGraw - Hill — collectively spent more than $ 20 million lobbying in states and on Capitol Hill from 2009 to 2014.»

The disappointments of democracy confronted by the Gugulective are explored in a recent article on the history of white liberal patronage in South Africa by Sean O» Toole.

The programme was presented on a public broadcast channel, which has important responsibilities in a liberal democracy such as the UK.

Out of the top ten countries ranked by oil reserves, Canada is the only western liberal democracy on the list...

Support for live - blogging courtroom proceedings and discrediting class distinctions drawn in this regard also stems from a promotion of the model of discursive democracy outlined above in Part I. Drawing on the work of theorists including Lon Fuller, recall that the Supreme Court of Canada and legal scholars such as Jeremy Waldron held that the fair functioning of the liberal democratic order required civilian access to information and the attendant opportunity to deliberate upon that information critically.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced earlier this month he would overhaul domestic media legislation to fight the spread of fake news on social media, which he said was a threat to liberal democracies.

Todd added some additional types and went on to demonstrate that a country's adoption of a particular political ideology — liberal democracy or communism or fascism — correlated with its family system; and he even hypothesized «the ideological system is everywhere the intellectual embodiment of family structure.»