Sentences with phrase «as national democracy»

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This came as a shock to Mitchell, not just as a devotee but because he thought Democracy in America would be the perfect book for their national predicaments.

any ideology or movement inspired by Italian Fascism, such as German National Socialism; any right - wing nationalist ideology or movement with an authoritarian and hierarchical structure that is fundamentally opposed to democracy and liberalism 2.

Vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Marc F. Plattner represents an organization whose definition of democracy is much more stringent in its demands with criteria of democratic inclusivity (as shown in a short essay by its funding officer, Louisa Greve, citeDemocracy (NED) Marc F. Plattner represents an organization whose definition of democracy is much more stringent in its demands with criteria of democratic inclusivity (as shown in a short essay by its funding officer, Louisa Greve, citedemocracy is much more stringent in its demands with criteria of democratic inclusivity (as shown in a short essay by its funding officer, Louisa Greve, cited below).

Pertinent to this discussion is a recent publication of Democracy As Culture: Deweyan Pragmaticism in a Globalized World, edited by Sor - Hoon Tan and John Whalen - Bridge, both on the faculty of the National University of Singapore with a dozen articles by different authors on Dewey and Confucianism.

Global governance then took a Copernican turn, away from the paradigms of western modernity (such as national sovereignty and interest, the primacy of reason, growth, progress, representative democracy, the authority of government, western universal values, hierarchies), towards a new postmodern ethic.

If we do not limit democracy to only the official election of leaders on the national level and as the main criterion, then we can accept the fact that democracy can have many different forms.

One is tempted to define it as American or Canadian national existence or — since the schools in the two nations have much in common — as «the free society» or as «Western democracy.»

♦ The newsletter Religion and Democracy notes that some churches in North America have what might be described as an ambiguous attitude toward the guerrillas in El Salvador, the Earabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN).

Why do not the Institute on Religion and Democracy and the National Association of Evangelicals condemn human - rights violations in El Salvador, Guatemala and Chile as vigorously and frequently as they do human - rights violations in Nicaragua?

None of the elite organisations like Unlock Democracy or the UCL Constitution Unit have ever proposed anything as definite as the «Plan for the Establishment of a National Bank» published posthumously so long ago as 1824 by the icon of laissez - faire capitalism, David Ricardo, who reasoned that the stock of money would be best originated by a public institution.

But I did so not because I have been a life - long LibDem supporter or because, as a Swiss dual - national, I believe that direct democracy is necessarily the best of all forms of government, but because of what happened since then: I simply underestimated at the time the power of direct democracy, once its genie is let out of the bottle.

Georgia's foundering attempts at democracy and construction of a national identity have, in part, been beleaguered by this rejection, as have those of many of the new states on Europe's periphery.

The CNDD - FDD (National Council for the Defence of Democracy / Forced for the Defence of Democracy) historically had most of its votes from rural areas, as shows the map of the results of the 2010 municipal elections.

Two hundred words on populism are barely sufficient to point out that a century ago, before populism became a swear word mostly directed at right - wing parties such as the Alternative for Germany, Hungary's Fides and the Front National in France, populism was the pride of social democracy.

(The latter can be regarded as an ideal system of global governance, as well as a dystopia for national democracies).

I often share digital best practices at national and regional conferences such as AAPC, Art of Political Campaigning, CampaignTech, Campaigns & Marketing Summit, NTC, Netroots Nation, Organizing 2.0, the Reed Awards, and RootsCamp, webinars for Progressive Majority, Salsa Labs and others, and trainings in - person for small groups around the country including for Wellstone's Advanced Campaign Management School, Amalgamated Transit Union, Camp Wellstone, Center for Progressive Leadership, Clean Air Task Force, Democracy for America, HRC, New Leaders Council and New Organizing Institute.

If social democrats step back from their own national focus and look at the bigger picture, they will realize just how vulnerable and ideologically staid European social democracy as a political movement currently is.»

National groups such as MoveOn.org and Democracy for America are pouring energy into the effort.

Gillibrand: «We're watching democracy being enlivened» David Howard King landed an exclusive with Gillibrand in January as her national profile began to surge.

As a 21st century Minister with the mindset to salvage our young democracy, it is certainly true that the reality of ethnic, religious, and reciprocal positions will periodically find their ways into some of your decisions but let your vision be constantly corrected by cultivating a citizenry and national spirit as you execute your duties to the natioAs a 21st century Minister with the mindset to salvage our young democracy, it is certainly true that the reality of ethnic, religious, and reciprocal positions will periodically find their ways into some of your decisions but let your vision be constantly corrected by cultivating a citizenry and national spirit as you execute your duties to the natioas you execute your duties to the nation.

The founder and flagbearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, has said her main agenda is to promote what she describes as grass - roots democracy emphasizing inclusive governance.

«Democracy was adopted as the National Ideology to provide equity, freedom and liberty for all.

The governor described as shameful the two elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) under Buhari's kinsman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu to have been declared inconclusive, thereby calling on all well - meaning Nigerians and the international community to rise up in condemnation of the APC government's plot to destroy democracy in the country.

It suggested that the federal government should «commence the implementation of the 2014 National Conference, Set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission as the basis of providing healing, reconciliation and forgiveness in Nigeria, Set up machineries to develop a new Constitution for Nigeria based on Democracy as the only National Ideology.

Jouniari is the choice of Bernie Sanders supporters and other Democratic activist groups, such as the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida, National Nurses United, and Stand up 4 Democracy PAC.

In a statement signed by the National Leader of the foremost Igala group, Major General Patrick Akpa (rtd), the organization described the attack as an «affront on democracy» and an «intimidation of a constitutional arm of government» in Kogi State.

After accepting the committee's annual «Champion of Democracy Award» (which was kind of a nifty trick — accepting honors from a group she helped launch six years ago), Clinton ripped into the national Republican leadership as «extremists» that are driving disheartened, moderate GOP types to her side.

The party said, «The APC hereby condemns this action and views it as an attack on our democracy and a desecration of the hallowed institution of the National Assembly.

The Volta Region is widely known as the world bank of the ruling National Democratic Congress since inception of 1992 constitutional democracy.

As the years went by, the explanation for what U.S. forces were doing in Afghanistan shifted from America's raw national security needs to vague notions of nation building and «bringing democracy.»

For example, an absolute threshold in the number of votes (e.g. requiring a certain proportion of the whole population or of registered voters to be elected rather than a plurality of the vote) can seem intuitively appealing but has never, to my knowledge, been implemented for a national election, precisely because leaving an important office unfilled is a problem (unless, of course, you subscribe to radical small - government ideas, in which case the question seems moot and you might just as well do away with elections or democracy itself).

National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer hopeful, Sylvester Mensah, says generalizing all former appointees as corrupt is bad and does not augur well for the country's democracy.

General News of Monday, 14 May 2018 Source: adomonline.com play videoSylvester Mensah National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer hopeful, Sylvester Mensah, says generalizing all former appointees as corrupt is bad and does not augur well for the country's democracy.

Guber Polls: Bayelsans Steadfastness has prevailed - Fayose Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, declared on Monday that the Bayelsa State Governor and the People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Seriake Dickson and the millions of the good people of the state have shown steadfastness with PDP during the state's governorship election, which was, declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, noting that with the action which exemplified peoples» power against Abuja political oppressors, Bayelsans can rightly be described as «worthy heroes of democracy».

Indeed, the 2017 Audit of UK Democracy judges them, along with the post-hoc spending scrutiny work of the Public Accounts Committee (acting on the National Audit Office's reports), as «one of only two areas where the Commons is clearly contributing to detailed policymaking».

In the 233 - page book, Adebanjo detailed the political relationship between Obasanjo and a former Governor of the old Oyo State, the late Chief Bola Ige, which allegedly led to the «illegal» emergence of Ahmed Abdulkadir as the national chairman of the opposition Alliance for Democracy.

When the National Democratic Congress (NDC), decided that, the President, John Dramani Mahama, was not taking part in the Institute of Economic Affairs debate, I wrote an epistle registering my disagreement, I stated why I believe the President, should heed to the call, not as part of strengthening our democracy, but because in the past, has used the platform and going forward the NDC, will need the platform again.

He charged critical stakeholders such as the members of the National Assembly, civil society organisations and the media not to abdicate their roles of defending and promoting the noble ideals of democracy even in the face of constant threats and intimidation.

Communists labeled all national or state governments as «fascist,» including socialist democracies.

Greens, spurred by an influx of Leftists, may be able to reform their party internally and place it on solid footing by embracing the time - honored and proven methods of political organizing, such as establishing a national membership system and placing a stronger emphasis on party unity and internal democracy.

Policy: The theft of national democracy by the EU under the Lisbon treaty will be put to a referendum as soon as possible.

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has admonished the governing party to enroll its members in the NDC's school known as the Institute of Social Democracy to study critical thinking and logical reasoning.

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the postponement of the 2015 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as democracy at gunpoint.

As such it was extremely broad including, for instance, members of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy, Labour Briefing and the fiercely anti-Trotskyist National Organisation of Labour Students (NOLS).

As the 2012 U.S. Green Party National Convention continues in Baltimore, Maryland, Democracy Now interviewed U.S. Green Party nominee Dr. Jill Stein and her Vice Presidential running mate, Anti-Poverty advocate Cheri Honkala.

The National Legal Adviser, Alliance for Democracy, Mr. Kehinde Aworele, has filed a suit challenging the eligibility of Chief Olusola Oke to contest as the party's...

National Legal Adviser, Alliance for Democracy (AD), Mr Kehinde Aworele, said the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) did not recognise Chief Olusola Oke as its governorship...

Preparations for the 2019 General Elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) intensified yesterday in Abuja as Directors at its headquarters began a five - day Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) Training.

His words, «I wonder how a governor that have failed to bring democracy dividends to Abians would invite the National chairman of his party to commission what he termed as projects.

CCPP further alleged that political elites, elder statesmen and some members of the National Assembly as been the brain behind attempt to slide down the nation's democracy.