Sentences with phrase «as a political tool for»

Tolstoy's philosophical doctrine of non-violence, had a profound influence on Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King encouraging pacifism as a political tool for social change.

The overarching concern however is that if constructed and too narrowly focused on practical reconciliation, to the exclusion of other important factors it could be co-opted as a political tool for reinforcing and legitimizing what is ultimately a limited approach to Indigenous issues... As a result, the framework as a stand alone mechanism has the potential to reinforce practical reconciliation and marginalize further other issues of significance to Indigenous peoples.

Not exact matches

Michael Barbaro of the New York Times, for instance, had this to say about Trump's social marketing via Twitter: «Mr. Trump has mastered Twitter in a way no candidate for president ever has, unleashing and redefining its power as a tool of political promotion, distraction, score - settling and attack — and turning a 140 - character task that other candidates farm out to young staff members into a centerpiece of his campaign.»

Sunshine Hillygus, who advises the federal government on the census, notes that this question is likely to fuel suspicion on the part of the undocumented that the census will become a political tool to be used against them — with negative implications for both data accuracy and for the long - run reputation of the Census Bureau as a nonpartisan agency.

«He wouldn't believe in his political opinions; instead, he would see those opinions as convenient tools for gaining what he actually desires.»

President Donald Trump looks to score political points by lowering America's roughly $ 70 billion trade deficit with Japan, and sees expensive military equipment as a prime tool for doing so.

But on May Day today's politician's again propped up his name as a bogeyman and this time «dumped him in the drink» in order to use the notoriety they gave him as a tool for political gain.

Bush used is faith as a weapon / tool for political gain not an devitional inspirational instrument of God.

If OBL had died in 2001 and his supposed death was going to be used as a political tool, GWB would have «killed» him in 2004 during that heated race, and for sure if not then, OBL would have «died» in 2008 when the GOP really really needed something to distract from the economy....

On the domestic front, China's leaders may recognize that protestantism, with it's myriad of denominations is a malleable tool: the protestant work ethic, submission to «scriptural» authority, apocalyptic programming, and unquestioning support for political and military agendas easily has as much potential to support communism as it does capitalism in the West.

the christian myth was created as a joke tool too, besides a political tool for the Roman Flavian Family.

I suggest that Santorum read the entire New Testament of the Bible... And pay particularly close attention to the words in red that Jesus said... After he's finished... I expect him to apologize for the many errors he has made in his Presidential campaign... The biggest one of them all... is of course trying to use Jesus Christ as a political tool... Shame on Santorum!

Soon after there appeared on the scene another group of Christians who took a stand for violence — not, like the Anabaptists, as a means of relieving the oppressed and improving society, but as a political tool.

Your site should feature prominent links to your social media channels, for instance, and it should also connect in an easy and straightforward fashion with the signup form for your email advocacy / Constituent Relations Management system, as we'll discuss in more detail in the list - building section of the chapter on email as a political tool.

As the presidential race heated up, the internet grew from being the medium of a core group of political junkies to a gateway for millions of ordinary Americans to participate in the political process, donating odd amounts of their spare time to their candidate through online campaign tools.

MySpace can definitely be used for recruitment and as a mass communications tool, particularly if you're trying to reach younger voters who have moved away from the casual use of email, but most advice I've seen about using social network sites for political advocacy stresses the importance of moving MySpace friends onto normal advocacy lists as soon as possible.

The guide begins with an introduction to the internet as a medium for political change and eight simple rules to get you started, and then moves on to cover topics as varied as political websites, online fundraising, internet video, social media tools such as Facebook and Twitter, email advocacy, viral marketing, online advertising and the subtle art of search engine optimization.

As National Journal's Alex Treadway pointed out earlier in the day, though, political professionals will be reluctant to embrace online ads as a tool until the online advertising world finds ways to make it easier for consultants to place ads, particularly when they're dealing with many different siteAs National Journal's Alex Treadway pointed out earlier in the day, though, political professionals will be reluctant to embrace online ads as a tool until the online advertising world finds ways to make it easier for consultants to place ads, particularly when they're dealing with many different siteas a tool until the online advertising world finds ways to make it easier for consultants to place ads, particularly when they're dealing with many different sites.

As it has proved impossible to wholly separate political, economic, and social concerns in analysing the background to the riots, only a truly cross-disciplinary account — for instance, one rooted in a sociologically - informed theory of political economy — can hope to have the necessary tools to fully capture and interpret the societal phenomena from which the riots derive.

Charles Ellison asked me a good question yesterday: hasn't Twitter (and by implication, other social channels like Facebook) replaced old - school email as a communications tool for political campaigns?

Facebook and MySpace have been critical tools this political season, particularly for campus and other local organizers and as an email replacement.

For more on keeping sites up to date, see the section on using websites as a political tool.

As with most political science models, the Nomination Game is a tool for helping us think, but makes some assumptions that might not play out in the real world.

We will not be used as a tool for your personal political gain.

By the way, here is an article I wrote for City Journal about the policy directive and how Mayor de Blasio uses fear as a political tool.

«This is the clearest sign yet that the de Blasio administration thinks the NYPD's primary mission is to serve as a political tool, not protect public safety for all New Yorkers,» Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch said.

Legends of great rescues — some better founded than others — abound as useful tools for political spinmeisters.

North Korea is a case in point where science diplomacy may act as a pivotal tool for alleviating political tension and facilitating exchanges.

The concepts covered are: * Camera techniques * Audio techniques * Editing techniques * Mise - en - scene codes * Narrative structure * Genre conventions * Representation * Ideologies * Cultural Spheres and Universes * Institutional Techniques * Audiences models and theories * A wide range of media theories broken into contextual areas into sociological and political This is vital tool in the lead up to the exam period, where it can be used as a revision guide for key concept development, and as a compliment to other units you are teaching.

He concludes by arguing that if policymakers are serious about expanding opportunity and equity, they need to take another look at strategies for nurturing academic talent in middle schools: «Long condemned by political opponents, tracking has been overlooked as a potential tool for promoting equity.»

A. Grassroots community organizing has been long used as a tool for disadvantaged people to gain power to affect the practice of institutions in political and social life.

K.Taheri: Many human rights activists believe that the West is using «human rights» as a tool in Iran for political and diplomatic concessions.

To give you a taste of what is coming in Part 2, the arguments can be summarized as: 1) Education does not lend itself to a single «best» approach, so the Gates effort to use science to discover best practices is unable to yield much productive fruit; 2) As a result, the Gates folks have mostly been falsely invoking science to advance practices and policies they prefer for which they have no scientific support; 3) Attempting to impose particular practices on the nation's education system is generating more political resistance than even the Gates Foundation can overcome, despite their focus on political influence and their devotion of significant resources to that effort; 4) The scale of the political effort required by the Gates strategy of imposing «best» practices is forcing Gates to expand its staffing to levels where it is being paralyzed by its own administrative bloat; and 5) The false invocation of science as a political tool to advance policies and practices not actually supported by scientific evidence is producing intellectual corruption among the staff and researchers associated with Gates, which will undermine their long - term credibility and influencas: 1) Education does not lend itself to a single «best» approach, so the Gates effort to use science to discover best practices is unable to yield much productive fruit; 2) As a result, the Gates folks have mostly been falsely invoking science to advance practices and policies they prefer for which they have no scientific support; 3) Attempting to impose particular practices on the nation's education system is generating more political resistance than even the Gates Foundation can overcome, despite their focus on political influence and their devotion of significant resources to that effort; 4) The scale of the political effort required by the Gates strategy of imposing «best» practices is forcing Gates to expand its staffing to levels where it is being paralyzed by its own administrative bloat; and 5) The false invocation of science as a political tool to advance policies and practices not actually supported by scientific evidence is producing intellectual corruption among the staff and researchers associated with Gates, which will undermine their long - term credibility and influencAs a result, the Gates folks have mostly been falsely invoking science to advance practices and policies they prefer for which they have no scientific support; 3) Attempting to impose particular practices on the nation's education system is generating more political resistance than even the Gates Foundation can overcome, despite their focus on political influence and their devotion of significant resources to that effort; 4) The scale of the political effort required by the Gates strategy of imposing «best» practices is forcing Gates to expand its staffing to levels where it is being paralyzed by its own administrative bloat; and 5) The false invocation of science as a political tool to advance policies and practices not actually supported by scientific evidence is producing intellectual corruption among the staff and researchers associated with Gates, which will undermine their long - term credibility and influencas a political tool to advance policies and practices not actually supported by scientific evidence is producing intellectual corruption among the staff and researchers associated with Gates, which will undermine their long - term credibility and influence.

This enabled me to take a neutral stance on all the political aspects and simply use them as tools for plot and character development.

In my perspective, the publishing industry is a valuable tool for cultural diplomacy, and, as the main industry association representing publishers around the world, the IPA has an important role to play in diminishing political and cultural chasms.

Raised as a secret tool for Folami's political schemes, Susan was trained in the ways of the Enforcers from the past, taught to harness the shadow to her will and live as death incarnate.

On top of that, the story itself is a generic political affair between the different factions vying for their stake on Mars, all of whom use Zachariah as a tool to further their own agendas.

For me, illustration and art is a powerful (political) tool and I want people to reflect on things that we might ignore, such as gender inequality and hidden racism,» says Alva Skog.

This exhibition seeks to correlate directly with How to Read El Pato Pascual: Disney's Latin America and Latin America's Disney at MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House and The Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State L.A., through the idea of creating identity and using iconography as political and cultural tools to represent the experiences of the people who have most suffered from corporate imperialism.

Using female sexuality and depictions of the body as a tool to challenge what is deemed acceptably feminine versus obscene, Schnitger creates a forum for contemporary political and social issues.

Bitforms is interested in new media, but not so much documentation as for Coco Fusco and political artists, performance as for Andy Warhol, theater as for Bill Viola, philosophical narrative as for Gary Hill, drafting tools as for Alyson Shotz, mass culture as for Mike Kelley, or the object in itself as for Nam June Paik.

One of the most influential media artists, Hershman Leeson is widely recognized for her innovative work investigating issues that are now recognized as key to the workings of society: the relationship between humans and technology, identity, surveillance, and the use of media as a tool of empowerment against censorship and political repression.

We see how Emory Douglas and Faith Ringgold embed their practice as a tool of actual struggle, encoding the political ideology of the Black Panther Party into graphic form for the Party newspaper from 1967 onwards.

His performances engage improvisation, ritual, collaboration, and public action as tools for investigating political realities.

The underlying rationale of its program is a firm belief in visual arts as a potent tool capable of shifting perspectives, and to ignite engagement for art practice as a viable path for social and political transformation.

A plain white t - shirt may not look like much — but as a blank canvas for personal expression and political agitation, it has proven a powerful tool for communication in the modern age.

The show explores the use of the profound mechanisms of comedy as tools for unmasking, analysis and critique of the ideological, social, economic, cultural and political systems by a series of artists from the national and international scope.

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Advancing the concept of arte útil (literally, useful art; art as a benefit and a tool), she proposes solutions to sociopolitical problems through the implementation of art, and has developed long - term projects that include a community center and a political party for immigrants, and a school for behavior art.

They will discuss artistic methodology and the use of the absurd as a political tool by these 20th century avant - garde groups and will look at art historical precedents for their work.