Sentences with phrase «by urban elites»

In reality, the movement itself was closely tied to and funded by urban elites and their corporations, and the movement served the business interests of these institutions.

At a time when squatter neighborhoods were regarded as the biggest obstacle before urban development by the urban elite in Turkey, and residents of squatter houses and thus the urban working class were regarded as «backward» villagers, workers from both Hasköy and Güzeltepe earned respectability due to their working class identities.

People in this area have endured years of seeing Labour hatred of the countryside and the people who live there and the imposition by the urban elite of their will over rural folk (ban on fox hunting, closure of village post offices, closure of bus services, ruination of farmers, school closures, neglected roads etc etc).

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Teach For America (TFA) aims to address teacher shortages by sending graduates from elite colleges, most of whom do not have a background in education, to teach in low - income rural and urban schools for a two - year commitment.

Mr. McEvoy said China was the logical location to launch the new creative, in line with Australian tourism's transition in this Asian Century and supported by recent research, showing that Australia tops the travel preferences of its Chinese urban elite target audience.

They think by using such terminology they can lay claim to holding some important position in the urban environmental elite.

I get the point he crossed from science to advocacy forget him I got politicians and NGO crusaders for that and FOMD posts another Koch brothers yawn no one's trying to convince me or any «millions» any Bravo Sierra «carbon mitigation» will be decided by a small number of urban elites not my favorite people you probably only read my words because Judith Curry is not a crusader and an «advocate» only for science

«The city is dominated by fossil fuel - powered cars.The elite still gets around, but most urban dwellers face poor transport infrastructure.»

Many of the earliest luxury homes in Denver were built specifically by the rich elite in the urban centers of the old town, with some of these homes surviving to this day as a look into Denver's architectural heritage.