Sentences with phrase «challenging popular opinion»

Not exact matches

Together with local tribesmen, I sought to gather popular opinion on the range of social, economic and political challenges facing them, which in turn precipitated the formation of an elected cross-tribal council.

Now, I don't want to be too cynical - if you wanted people to support a constitutional amendment which relinquishes sovereignty to Canada, you'd need a huge amount of social influence over a prolonged period of time; but some of the existing initiatives for constitutional amendments are challenging mostly because of active minority groups applying pressure in both directions rather than staunch popular opinion.

Any attempt to influence the outcome of litigation by reference to political wishes or a politician's perception of popular opinion is a challenge not only to the courts but to the rule of law.

Bases decisions on popular opinion rather than individual thinking; does not challenge mainstream ideas.

I can also acknowledge that this is not a popular opinion, especially on the podcast, but still, I like a challenge.