Sentences with word «authoritarianism»

Perhaps in hindsight, it was not a good move for the European Union, as there are signs with the rise of authoritarianism in Hungary that European Union expansion may have occurred too quickly, and the criteria should have been applied more closely.

If you read John Dean's excellent Conservatives Without Conscience, which talks about the rise of authoritarianism in the GOP, he talks about how authoritarians aren't just the ones who demand fealty and obedience, there are also authoritarian followers, who crave that certainty and want a leader to follow.

What is particularly interesting, though, is the connection drawn between astrology with authoritarianism, fascism and modern capitalism (remember that this was in the aftermath of WWII and the Holocaust).

* Says it's not healthy for democracy — Ekweremadu * Adds Nigeria fast descending into authoritarianism By Henry Umoru DEPUTY President of the Senate, Senator Ike...

The economic aspect is particularly striking — the authors clearly saw the rise of European authoritarianism as being in part a reaction to the worldwide economic distruption of the 1920s and»30s, and hence perceived the disproportionate concentration of wealth as a danger to democracy.

Mr Hogan - Howe has a mild reputation for authoritarianism after he spoke out against the case brought against the Met for the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes and the downgrading of cannabis from class B to C.

Often he is a satire, a joke on authoritarianism which savages left and right.

Labour remains tentative and conflicted on democratic renewal and has only begun a journey back from authoritarianism to firm support for civil liberties.»

While the EU totters in the face of multifaceted crises (Brexit, the possible fragmentation of both the UK and Spain, a prolonged recession and currency crisis, the return of right - wing authoritarianism as a political force, a refugee crisis unparallel since 1945, a militaristic and expansionist Russia..)

Could declining world energy result in a turn toward authoritarianism by governments around the world?

A Bill of Rights was the centrepiece of the proposal, Charter 88's solution to what they perceived to be a drift toward authoritarianism after Margaret Thatcher was re-elected for a third term in 1987.

In fifth place this week is an article which pointed towards comments made by Alex Salmond about banning «all Donald Trumps» from Scotland and the passing of a law which could see football fans questioned and arrested just for the clothes they are wearing, as evidence that Scotland is drifting towards authoritarianism under the SNP.

No matter how the breakdown of the «modernization» syndrome might occur, Heilbroner envisages a relapse into traditional authoritarianism as the most likely result, providing, that is, that the worst outcome, total destruction of life on the planet, is avoided.

Some parents might straddle the line between authoritarianism and authoritativeness.

He had the knack of understanding others, and of enabling an authentic religious dimension to flower within the dangerous ambience of the social and political authoritarianism which continually threatened o destroy it.

Science has indeed been an influence against authoritarianism, dogmatism, and intolerance, and has encouraged freedom of inquiry in general.

The acceptance of that reliability became the ground for a new authoritarianism in which a book was substituted for an institution.

There were no noticeable gaffes or tensions as the prime minister pushed his progressive trade agenda, women's rights and ocean protection while issuing warnings against rising authoritarianism and inequality around the world.

Are the links between Brexit, Trump and Putin just about authoritarianism?

Cynicism and moral anarchism, whether expressed in crimes against persons and property by the dispossessed or in self - interested manipulation by the better - off, are, if I read modern history right, more likely a prelude to authoritarianism if not fascism.

Certainly faith is closely associated in the popular mind with such authoritarianism, and Kesey's call for faith could even be understood in this sense.

And for all the talk of how the Olympics will signify the arrival of a new Russia, only Putin's brand of authoritarianism gave the IOC confidence that the requisite facilities would materialize in six years» time.

Kelly makes a case for religious authoritarianism with much of what she does, believing it is her divine mission to personally shut down PPAZ (Planned Parenthood Arizona).

Educational authority is not the same thing as political authoritarianism.

and the argument that «the Labour party's final abandonment of the «politics of conscience», of the protest tradition, and its full transformation into a party of executive authoritarianism» much overstated and, in my view, wrong - though others inside and outside the party might particularly agree with you.

Without a religious culture, the slide into statism, if not authoritarianism, seems to become irresistible.

The EU has never quite decided whether or not Turkey should ever be a part of Europe, and it has consequently slided towards Islamism and authoritarianism under Erdogan.

The state authoritarianism of the New Labour years is alive and well in the coalition.

And despite touting democratic ideals, there was no mention of human rights as he met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who has been accused of growing authoritarianism.

Claims by Chinese officials that they have bigger problems to solve than human rights tend to underscore the conclusion of many that promoting the economic interests of privileged elites is more important than honouring legal obligations to the people of China; indeed, the UN Special Rapporteur suggested as much in his comments on inequality and government authoritarianism at the conclusion of his fact - finding trip to China.

How we discharge the duties of citizenship — whether by accepting the creeping authoritarianism of the last two decades, or by raising our voices on behalf of the laws and democratic norms of our country — is a question of moral conscience, suitable for confession, and demanding repentance if we err.

Such benevolent authoritarianism is galling to the alcoholic who is hypersensitive to domination.

Do we automatically associate an education in the virtues with repressive authoritarianism?

«In country after country,» he writes, «the choice between democracy and authoritarianism became personified in the conflict between the cardinal and the dictator.

It is for Littlejohn nothing less than social authoritarianism masquerading as the empowerment of the electorate.

But the movie works as a critique of authoritarianism even if he's just a mayor and the dogs are just dogs.

If kids perceive authoritarianism as normal and mainstream, they may be less distressed by it (Dwairy 2004).

It was a Pandora's Box that unleashed a wave of political change that can not tolerate the resurrection of Mubarak - style authoritarianism for the very reason that its foundational social contract is no longer feasible.

Warnings of an encroaching authoritarianism in the region have, until now, quite understandably been overshadowed by the bloodshed and systematic breakdown elsewhere.

The painting reflects on the political climate during the time the Bauhaus was in operation - the 1920's and 30's, and serves as a framework through which to consider the other paintings in the exhibition which depict places evoking authoritarianism, globalism, the rise of right - wing populism, and locusts of power.

Some find authoritative leadership; others find authoritarianism.

Roman Catholicism did manage to maintain a distinctive identity during the period of liberal Protestant capitulation to secularism, but according to Marsden it did so «at the price of accepting Roman authoritarianism and severe restraints on its intellectual life.»

Authoritarianism turns the community into a collective and the healthy individualtion that makes each of us unique (not to be confused with «special» in the sense of more valuable) turns into predatory individualism.