Sentences with phrase «current political debates»

Set in a blasted post-apocalyptic landscape, the film revisits the legacy of the British Empire, drawing on video games like Prince of Persia, mining current political debates and touching on classic movie fare of foreign adventures and cross-cultural love affairs.

Perhaps the most peculiar aspect of current political debates centres on education policy.

It is also important to point out two theoretical elements that are behind the current political debates, not just in Catalonia, but in secessionist processes in many liberal democracies:

But he did not say anything specific about current political debates, either here or in Europe.

The fact that most of these cases were pending and / or unresolved over a long time should have alerted politicians on their complexity, instead current political debate has being focusing obsessively on the date for the completion of the review.

But this is an argument which can begin again as Stuart will shortly post again on Rawls and current political debate, so do stick around and respond to that when it appears.

That's a shame because the issues the party focuses on and the solutions it offers have never been more relevant to the current political debate.

«The current political debate over how to fund New York's transit pits congestion pricing against a tax on the wealthiest New Yorkers,» the groups» report states.

«This is roughly double of the carbon prices discussed in the current political debate, and substantially more than cost estimates for afforestation which are at 24 Euros per ton of CO2 removed.

Climate sensitivity is an interesting discussion, but completely irrelevant in terms of the current political debate, because even the lowest remotely plausible climate sensitivity would fully justify the most aggressive mitigation now under discussion.

Indeed, one thing that struck me about recent Twitter and online commentary was that many conservatives who have criticized Justice Ginsburg for her extrajudicial statements wrote approvingly of recent public statements she made about the importance of due process in Title IX proceedings, without mentioning broader concerns about extrajudicial statements on legal issues that may come before the Court or about issues that are part of current political debate.

The speakers provided a broad historical context for the current political debate over the FHA's solvency after its recent $ 1.7 billion draw on the Treasury.

Not exact matches

He said CNN has «unparalleled» resources for reporting, and that this would give the K - File team an opportunity to influence the current U.S. political debate in a powerful way.

The current political climate within the American Church is full of debate over a myriad of national and moral issues, however, protecting the environment should not be up for debate...

First off, let me alert you that we're having a debate between Jay Cost and Sean Trende (the two most prominent and astute of the young and constantly online political analysts) on the current presidential nomination system at Berry next Thursday, December 1 at 5:30 in Krannert.

The current debate over immigration policy cuts across the conventional political and ideological divides.

Even though many of the theologians with these concerns have public political commitments (the most forthright tend to be on the political left or center - left, such as Elaine Graham, Timothy Gorringe, Kenneth Leech, Michael Northcott and Denys Turner), the main debates have not usually been about current political issues.

As the government seeks to move the political realm further into the religious sphere through the current Equality Bill, this is likely to be a major area of debate in the coming years.

With the exam safely behind me I'm back to blogging, but still have academic IR debates on the mind, so today I want to write about what the history of early 20th century European relations can tell us about the continent's current political economy.

As a trio, the lectures raise a number of serious concerns over the direction of current public debate and over the degeneration of political language.

As the current protest has grown, it has rekindled a desire for change amongst lower - working class citizens, as their daily struggle has finally returned to centre - stage of political debate.

One of the most striking aspects in the current debate on devolution in the North of England is that the main actors (local governments, leaders» boards, political parties, business organisations, etc.) seem to work in isolation — each devising their own plans, often irrespective (or wary) of the positions of the others.

The current proposals are bound to meet a largely partisan reception, and will be depicted by some as a politically motivated attempt to create difficulties for a future Labour administration (though it should be noted that Labour's catastrophic performance in Scotland in the general election alters the territorial political dynamic that underpinned debates about EVEL quite considerably), and by others as an attempt to diminish the role of Scottish MPs.

In this clip, dated May 10, Caputo is getting a haircut and engaging in a heated conversation with his barber, Jack, (whose hobby appears to be enaging his customers in political debates while cutting their hair) about the current budget battle in Albany.

This hierarchy is often reflected in political priorities, and one current debate where this may be seen is the discussion over prioritising house building over the protection of the countryside.

He said while the current debate over the Special Prosecutor's Bill was healthy, that office was necessary to take political interference out of the investigation, determination and prosecution of persons caught in the web of corruption.

I gave the example of the late Lord Biffen and the current example of my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond, Yorks, but there have been many other people who gained an appetite for engaging in democracy and debate through the political process, without coming to visit Parliament and without having to sit on the green Benches.»

Although D'Agostino doesn't need to go through the confirmation process again, his office is certain to be a lightning rod in the political debates as the Administration tries to negotiate arms control and non-proliferation treaties while preserving the viability of the country's current stockpile.

The current ethical, political, and scientific debates on stem cells pitch the benefits and limitations of 2 cell types against each other, adult vs embryonic stem cells.

But in the current political climate, divisions are deeper than ever and uttering the word «Brexit» can spark heated debate.

The film has also jumped into the current of black political thought and action, prompting challenging think pieces about how T'Challa and Killmonger's rift is representative of familiar ideological debates in the black community, and what the film's politics represent about the state of black America.

By building strong collaborations between researchers, community organizations, and policy makers, The Civil Rights Project hopes to raise the level of discourse on targeted issues and to reframe the tone and content of many of the current legal and political debates.

«Older students might debate the merits of current events issues, political questions, or decisions that were made in years past,» explains Vogt.

Teachers need not endorse any particular viewpoint or policy proposal in the current debate over the availability of firearms to help students explore the power of young people to galvanize public opinion and political support behind issues they care about.

Facts and anecdotes examine the historic, scientific, economic, political, cultural, and literary aspects of coal, as well as the current debates about energy consumption, developing nations, and global warming.

The conference was designed to debate the obstacles and opportunities facing the tourism industry in light of the current economic, social, and political changes and key market trends.

The Plain Dealer's Steven Litt sees the current national mood and fraught political landscape in MOCA's Winter / Spring season: «It's clear that at least some of the artists whose works are on view are tapping into the same feelings emerging in the presidential debates.

Situating itself within current art historical and political debates, the exhibition considers work by self - taught, spiritually inspired and incarcerated artists, alongside other projects based in performance, socially engaged practice and the archive, as well as painting, drawing, sculpture and assemblage, that make insistent reference to place.

By focusing on the ID card, and denaturalising its use of colour coding, Khalili grounds such abstract conceptual debates in a geo - political reality and links conceptual artists» critique of the links established between colour and meaning to current systems of codification of identity.

The first part assesses the current state of the human rights debate in essays and philosophical reflections; the second collects contributions by various international human rights activists, in which gripping testimonies and historical reconstructions alternate with socio - political analyses; and the third reproduces a selection of artworks.

The aim is to initiate debate, and inspire and stimulate specific critical views and methodologies that are absent in the Czech environment due to the local cultural traditions, cultural - political program and current affiliations.

The political and diplomatic spheres are best suited to debating and resolving such questions, and misrepresenting the current state of climate science does nothing to advance that effort.»

This means that the current debates won't be settled by reason and civility but by political muscle and external events.

This is just another example of how the government is engaging in selective targeting based on a political agenda that is meant to intimidate others from participating and engaging in any debate that may run contrast to the position of the current administration.»

Climate solutions based on these planet levers could dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions with pragmatic, targeted actions that move beyond old debates and the current political paralysis.

In the current context, if someone were to make a copyrighted scientific study available to the public for the true and obvious purpose of engaging in the political debate over climate and energy policy, then I think they'd have a chance of winning in court.

The current debate around the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline centres around political posturing, provincial jurisdiction, investment priorities, climate change, coastal protection and consent by First Nations communities, but when the pipeline was originally being built in 1952, civil defence and the threat of war with the Soviet Union was a going concern.

English: Students are asked to review newspaper commentary on a current political issue in debate in Australia such as asylum seekers or same - sex marriage and develop an understanding of the many different arguments in the debate.