Sentences with phrase «broader social trend»

The European attitude is in line with the broader social trend of consumers focusing more on services rather than assets.

Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's transition from state to federal politics has been bumpy, but it is indicative of broader social trends.

Broad social trends and percentages interpreted through please - the - crowd gender stereotypes.

There was the immediate issue of soldiers returning home to liberated wives, but also broader social trends, such as people moving en masse from rural to urban areas, and an overall increase in life span — death waited much longer to break up an unhappy home.

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Instead, upstart brands like BioSteel are learning to leverage social networks, new generations of influencers and broader consumer trends to establish toeholds in markets seemingly locked up by a handful of giant, well - capitalized players.

But its failings reflect more on broader trends in our society than on the movement itself in responding to social and personal needs, the movement has been able to grow enormously.

We hope that our work will help scholars and policymakers understand these past trends and their effects on a broad range of social issues, as well as inform future efforts to change policy.»

Just as important in this regard is the program's stress on broad social, cultural, and economic trends and cross-cultural comparisons at the expense of a continuous narrative of world - shaping personalities and key historical moments.

This is significant because it indicates that high school graduation rates are not increasing because of broad national economic, demographic, and social trends.

Peter H. Raven, a lifelong prober and defender of biological diversity and president emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Garden, just distributed a note placing this year's surreally unpredictable presidential race (watch in virtual «surreality» here) in the broader context of consequential environmental and social trends that perpetually seem to hide in plain sight.

The last few years have seen an unmistakable trend towards social media tools and habits that push the absolute minimum of effort and commitment, with the result that the promise of social media — better communication, broader networks, stronger personal connections — is in danger of falling by the wayside.