Sentences with phrase «better democratic practices»

President Mahama also cited the peace and security Ghana currently enjoys as inspiration to other African countries like Guinea Bissau to aspire to better democratic practices in equal measure.

President John Mahama has praised Ghana as a nation that continues to inspire other Sub-Saharan African countries to strive for better democratic practices.

However, it's not good democratic practice that their departments are accountable to the Commons through junior ministers.

The process of electing representatives, drawing up agendas and convening meetings will model good democratic practice.

One explanation that I would offer as to why it may be easy for CREA to detach itself from the general membership, would be a lack of good democratic practices being exercised by too many of the various Associations and or Real Estate Boards across Canada, when the various elections come around for new Regional Directors.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

So the Supreme Court, when it practices judicial activism, undercuts democratic participation not only by substituting its own assertoric judgment for democratic deliberation, or by ignoring the plain letter of the constitution in favor of its own political inclinations, but also by understanding itself as a council of philosopher kings (versus really good lawyers) prudentially adjusting the fundamental nature of American democracy to fit the ever changing historical horizon that provides the context for its expression.

By using the democratic process in decision - making, the mental health task force practices principles of good mental health in its own operations.

... From this perspective we can best understand Dewey's lifelong involvement in the theory and practice of education in a democratic society» (DD 52).

This structure itself is simply inconsistent with democratic concepts spreading around the world today as well as enlightened management practices, to say nothing of the role and responsibilities of the lay membership as the «priesthood of all believers.»

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.»

As fits its combo mission, the initial blog posts on the Open.Dems front page are a mixed collection: a couple of best - practices pieces on fundraising and splash pages, an uber - nerdy article on a Ruby on Rails feature, and the announcement of a Democratic voter - registration widget from a few weeks ago.

He is also currently a visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster teaching innovations in democratic practice, as well as a research assistant at INLOGOV, University of Birmingham researching accountability in local governance.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament, has accused the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, of contravening best practice by approving a credit facility of GHc10, 459,500 from the Agricultural Development Bank (adb).

ECONEC was created in response to the commitment by ECOWAS leaders to conduct credible, free, fair and peaceful elections consistent with international best practices for strengthening democratic processes and good governance.

Washington (CNN)-- The Internal Revenue Service targeted liberal groups as well as conservatives seeking tax - exempt status, a Democratic congressman charged on Monday after the agency acknowledged the inappropriate practice continued until last month.

President Mahama said as an icon of democracy and successful elections, Ghana would continue to blaze the political trail by ensuring that only the best and positive political practices were implemented to further deepen its democratic credentials.

The entire staff of your authoritative Ghana Daily newspaper wishes all Ghanaians all the very best in the quest to cement Ghana's democratic practice in Africa.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament, has accused the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, of flouting best practice by approving a credit facility of GHc10, 459,500 from the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB).

It is commendable that he, as well as numerous members of the Democratic party, believe that all current workers at minimum wage and future workers be given a more conducive living wage but in practice it would cause a greater number of current workers and perspective workers to be or remain unemployed.

The talking points attack the Democratic platform of public financing for elections, changes to state abortion law that opponents say would open the door to regulations that could greatly expand the practice's surgical parameters, as well as the Dream Act, which would allow undocumented immigrants to utilize state tuition assistance programs.

He noted that since the APC found veritable reasons to review the outcome of the governorship primary, and was able to establish valid grounds to cancel the exercise as well as call for a fresh one, the decision to deviate from the panel's decision was a negation of due process and «an unfashionable hollow in democratic best practices.»

«We've adopted the best practices from other states and rejected the worst,» said Sen. Diane Savino, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference and the bill's sponsor, shortly before the committee vote.

«Our reforms will make the Council more democratic and will allow our body to function more efficiently and I thank Chair Lander, my Council colleagues and all those who submitted testimony on best practices for their work to make the Council the most inclusive body it can be.

In the dispensations that are well practiced in democratic politicking and elections, it is required, nay demanded, that those who are offering themselves as offering better governance, present policies and programmes demonstrating the happy days yet to come.

Our penchant for undermining well known democratic practices, lack of internal democracy, the crave for personal interests as against the general good of the party and the determined posturing of self before others, are to mention a few, the root causes of our political dilemma in the state.

Researchers and leaders for social justice, then, seek to define the theories and practices of leadership that are vital to creating greater freedom, opportunity, and justice for all citizens — citizens who, through public education, are better able to participate in and sustain a free, civil, multicultural, and democratic society.

Warren is interested in the development of community leaders through involvement in multiracial political action as well as the outcomes of such efforts in fostering community development, social justice, and school transformation; and is committed to using the results of scholarly research to advance democratic practice.

We propose the idea of «democratic experimentalism» as a way forward — intentional experimentation and evaluation led by states to determine best practices.

Ultimately, we argue that the complexities of policy borrowing and implementation can be better understood when considered in relation to democratic societal values, especially as they are practiced in the school system.

Begin by Exploring the HOT APPROACH by sending staff, leadership and parents to attend professional development offered monthly in each of the HOT School Core Components of Strong Arts, Arts Integration and Democratic Practice as well as cutting - edge pedagogy and relevant issues.

The journal continues to challenge the (re-emerging) orthodoxy of fixed ability thinking and practice, whilst also making the case for the democratic control of education and education as a public good.

The resolution cited the fact that charter boards accept public money but lack democratic accountability, that charter schools are contributing to increased segregation, that punitive disciplinary policies are disproportionately used in charter schools as well as other practices that violate students» rights, that there is a pattern of fraud of mismanagement in the sector in general, and it then called for opposition to privatization of education, opposed diversion of funding from public schools, called for full funding for quality public education, called for legislation granting parents access to charter school boards and to strengthen oversight, called for charter schools to follow USDOJ and USDOE guidelines on student discipline and to help parents file complaints when those guidelines are violated, opposed efforts to weaken oversight, and called for a moratorium on charter school growth.

Diversifying the teaching force is crucial to sustaining democratic ideals because the move can ensure that diverse perspectives are always a part of debates about policy and best practices,» he says.

The modest and democratic tenants of his early practice continue in his material choices, as well as the theory of collage as a basic gesture of insolence, a social strategy for discord and for metaphysical beauty.

The path forward in art - historical terms was split between those artistic movements more aligned with deeper investigations into the increasingly essential properties of a particular medium or reductive practices (e.g., Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, Minimalism) and those movements that actively sought an expansion of the arts into a plurality of new forms, hybrid media, and interactive experience (e.g., expanded cinema, intermedia, installation art, performance).13 Of these choices, hippie modernism would follow the latter course through experiments that drew upon the theatrical qualities and the participatory actions of the Happening, embraced Fluxus's democratic spirit in its everyone - is - an - artist philosophy, explored the work of experimental filmmakers seeking to expand cinematic experience, and experimented with the fluid nature of light and sound as well as the interactive qualities of kinetic art.

Well, for one thing, the Fair Elections Act gets rid of a time - honoured Canadian democratic practice called «vouching.»

Coercive control practices of authoritarian parents as well as nondemanding practices of unengaged parents and to some extent of democratic parents were related to more negative parent — child relationship indicators than was the extensive use of firm / confrontive control (rational - demanding) by directive parents or authoritative parents.

Elitist democratic principles are practiced by elitists who believe that the rabble are not fit to govern themselves, and so must be governed from on high, all the while espousing that they are really demoracy's best friends through their committee generated pronouncements of same.