Sentences with phrase «role of the state in»

This approach emphasizes the role of states in U.S. security rather than nonstate actors and popular opinion.

Less polemically but still in the Enlightenment tradition, Montesquieu used the example of the reducciones in his Spirit of the Laws to work through questions about the common good and the role of the state in procuring human happiness.

But it is worth recalling that many Catholic laity were already worried about the increasing role of the state in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

The IME and WB insist on reducing the role of the State in economic life and in public social welfare.

Liberals and conservatives alike have resorted to religious arguments in defense of claims about public morality and the role of the state in defending public morality.

From Rerum Novarum to Centesimus Annus, the role of the state in supporting the family — normally in non-intrusive ways — is paramount.

Yet Africans are again discussing the role of the state in economic change, and there is a new, and welcome, emphasis on the tangibles of development (production, infrastructure and employment) in addition to intangibles (democracy and governance championed by the Washington Consensus).

It believed in a strong and concentrated role of the state in social affairs.

The role of the state in relation to the market — the role of the community, operating through the state — is constitutive and not just regulative, enabling and not just constraining.

But by giving it prominence we can avoid being seduced into the libertarian view — now, alas, almost an orthodoxy — that the market is a relatively autonomous sphere which depends only contingently on the framework of custom and law, and on the role of the state in supporting that framework.

We felt this issue to be an important battleground in the debate over the question of the role of the state in delivering public services.

There is a tradition of debates on the role of the state in Liberal politics that stretches back to the 1870s, but by the early 20th century, social liberalism was dominant.

As we argued in our brief in this case, the court examined the proposed justifications for the statute with special care, both because the statute burdens gay and lesbian married couples, and because it intrudes on the traditional role of states in defining marriage.

It's essential that, in whatever form and place, the politics of radical social liberalism is kept alive and flourishes (which among other things recognises the role of the state in achieving a more equal society).

One option for the Chancellor, supported by senior Conservatives such as Communities and Local Government Secretary Sajid Javid, would be to expand the role of the state in supplying new housing.

«The federal Defense of Marriage Act clearly violates the principle of equal justice under law as enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and improperly intrudes on the traditional role of states in defining marriage,» Schneiderman said in a statement.

Kate, I think that is one of the roles of the state in my opinion.

The report examines the role of states in the charter movement, describes basic characteristics of charter schools and their students, and examines why people create charter schools and what barriers they encounter.

Thus, while many observers have pointed to the increased potency of the state as a political actor in educational policy, 251 the role of states in interpreting national legislation has been treated less extensively.

The institute is planning an inaugural bipartisan Summit on Education in Washington, D.C., on April 11 and 12 to discuss what's been learned (and what hasn't) since the report's release, from the role of states in education to the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Over the last few years, there has been growing agreement on the need to improve education, as well as on the appropriate role of the state in that process.

This should include eliminating the role of the state in managing local human resources, including compensation of educators and arbitrary class size restrictions.

We should eliminate the role of the state in micromanaging human resources and expand truly alternative routes to the teaching profession.

Just as importantly, the waiver gambit reaffirms the role of states in structuring education without holding them accountable for how they spend federal dollars (or for providing them with high - quality teaching, curricula, and school options); this includes the administration's move through the waiver process to bless implementation of Plessy v. Ferguson - like proficiency targets that allow districts and other school operators to effectively ignore poor and minority students.

I think two key planks of Putin's developing / new strategy will be a i) a wave of privatization to decrease the role of the state in the economy, and more importantly, ii) a substantial and sustained investment in infrastructure projects.

Socialist and Communist countries are often the worst in this regard, so increasing the role of the state in their economies may result in particularly bad problems with environmental issues.

«freedom of choice, the individual takes all, user pays, the darwinian survival of the fittest, the fundamentalism of religion, the oppression of labour to complete flexibility, the crude elevation of the entrepreneur beyond the ethics of their behaviour, the mocking of the role of the state in any service, the quest for ever lower taxes and the shrinkage of government, the failure to admit privatisation disasters, the ignoring of education and health needs for the majority, the failure to pursue greater equality for women, the worship of wealth for some at the expense of wellbeing for many, freedom to carry guns, deny climate change, the penchant for war and national might over peace time government services, and finally the deeply flawed assumption that competition prevails in any market (and every market) if you just stand back and watch it»

Janeway recently spoke with the Breakthrough Institute about «Schumpeterian waste,» the irrelevance of neoclassical economics, and the role of the state in technological innovation.

The role of the state in its regulation of private family life should be questioned regularly and rigorously.

The fact that sex trade workers face the risk of violence by pimps and johns did not diminish the role of the state in making them more vulnerable to that violence.

«However, when organisations such as the Islamic Sharia Council in East London are dealing with upwards of 7,000 cases, it seems clear there is a need to clarify the role of the state in current community arrangements.»

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd and House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank ultimately agreed with this perspective, we appreciate their sensitivity to retaining the traditional supervisory role of the states in regulating lawyers.

There remains out there, however, the big debate as to the role of the state in the resolution of civil disputes and this paper has some inklings of it.

Further, through treaties, consideration is given to the role of the State in the nation building project.

The role of the states in respect of native title was enhanced in the 1998 amendments to the Native Title Act.

In the Irish Constitution there is information about the role of the State in providing education and the rights of parents.

Although Head Start is a federal - to - local program structure, the Head Start and Early Head Start communities recognize the important role of the states in the formulation and implementation of policies and initiatives that affect low - income children and their families.

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Another, featuring execs from PayPal and Salesforce, will discuss the role of the tech industry in trying to shape LGBT hiring laws and best practices — especially in states like Indiana and North Carolina, where recent legislation has opened the door even wider for legally permissible discrimination.

Acting U.S. Secretary of State John Sullivan called on Moscow to stop creating impediments to peace in Syria and to play a role in ending the seven - year - long conflict.

«The Trump Organization has directed that no communications of the organization, including social media accounts, will reference or otherwise be tied to President - elect Trump's role as president of the United States or the office of the presidency,» a company attorney wrote in a briefing released earlier this month.

She loves living in Washington, DC and is honored by her role as First Lady of the United States.

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The role of ambassador to South Korea was one of many vacancies in the State Department amid negotiations for a summit between Trump and Kim.

The State Government's role in regional Western Australia was recognised in Perth this week when two of the year's StateWest Achievement Awards were won by public sector employees working in fields that service predominantly regional areas.

Trump's focus on Saudi purchases of U.S. military equipment came amid a bipartisan effort to limit the United States» role in Yemen's civil war and protests in several U.S. cities over the Saudi - led invasion, which has contributed to a humanitarian crisis.

«We just want to identify situations where individual stocks in varied oversold states (RSI below 50) could see a catalyst in the form of upside earnings surprises,» Strugger said, noting fundamentals or tax reform benefits didn't play a direct role in selecting the stocks.

«I have no doubt that you recognize the significance of your new role, but your stated opposition to strong net neutrality rules raises serious concerns about your commitment to honoring the First Amendment,» Franken said in a statement last month.

But that wasn't all that depressed Clinton's vote: Hansen said a far lower number of provisional ballots than typical for a presidential election played a role, as did a recent strict voter - ID law that was in effect for its first presidential election in the state.

The United States, France, India and 17 other countries will announce they will double the $ 10 billion they collectively spend on clean energy research and development in the next five years, shining a spotlight on role of technology in any climate agreement reached in Paris.

Making his debut on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing Wednesday on the Benghazi attacks Sen. Rand Paul (R - KY) lambasted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her role in the attacks on the diplomatic compound in Libya.