Sentences with phrase «demands of social movement»

One never hears of the Cochabamba Declaration, Herman Daly's proposals for a steady state economy, or the demands of social movement organizations for «System Change, not Climate Change» in the dominant media outlets.

In essence, the Green Party platform this year is a list of the demands of the social movements right now, and has been shaped by activists from those movements.

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It is therefore no shock that economists and business academics are subverting the social movement to demand corporate accountability by dismantling some of their legal advantage — most notably, personhood rights for corporations.

Christian loves demands that we become involved in the political processes and social movements advocating the elimination of poverty through the economic restructuring of our society?

As the changing socio - economic conditions of nineteenth - century urban, industrial America demanded of the church a reassessment of its understanding of people in society, it was the Social Gospel movement which arose to take seriously the reality of corporate sin and the need for corporate response.

Will there be a demand in the year of the General Elections that the State be democratic enough to respond to the peoples» movements and discipline the market and the market - mechanism so that they may be de-ideologised so as to make room for objectives like social welfare and justice as well as national self - reliance and eco-justice.

Since they consider sexual difference to be a social and cultural construction, and therefore artificial, feminist movements denounce existing social relationships and demand a culture capable of protecting women.

His study of the Bible particularly, and his capacity to interpret Scripture in the light of contemporary social movements and political and world events have sensitized him to the need and demands of persons very different from himself.

In the third, Republican Politics, contributors including Quentin Skinner, Alex Gourevitch and Karma Nabulsi discuss the politics of republicanism, from challenging the surveillance state to democratising the workplace and harnessing the demands of new social movements for freedom from domination by the one per cent.

«Whereas, the movement further resolved to be inspired and motivated by the ideals of social democracy, with great emphasis on: the triumph of social justice; the nobility of human dignity; the harmony of fairness and equality; the power of working together in solidarity; the excellence of good governance, driven by good leadership; the wisdom of reforms and transformation far beyond mere growth; the horror of poverty, demanding eradication; the dignity of prosperity; the imperative of democracy and the security of peace with justice

Abstract: What started with a few families demanding to know the whereabouts of their children has become a social movement without paragon in Mexico.

Harvard Profs: Social - Protest Movement Needs Clear Demands The Jerusalem Post, November 11, 2011» «I don't think a movement can survive very long without some sort of leadership, [without leadership] it won't have a visible set of demands that the press can focus on... also a government has to negotiate with someone, and that's what they would need leadership for,» said [Visiting] Professor Helen Haste.Demands The Jerusalem Post, November 11, 2011» «I don't think a movement can survive very long without some sort of leadership, [without leadership] it won't have a visible set of demands that the press can focus on... also a government has to negotiate with someone, and that's what they would need leadership for,» said [Visiting] Professor Helen Haste.demands that the press can focus on... also a government has to negotiate with someone, and that's what they would need leadership for,» said [Visiting] Professor Helen Haste.»

If social movements and workers aren't in motion, making demands on politicians and struggling from below, mainstream politics will be shaped by the pressure from above, by the demands and priorities of the wealthy and the education reform industry they promote.

Without offering any actual evidence, Mr. Mucher suggests that prospective teachers have been scared off from applying to his program by much of the agenda of the corporate reform movement: increasing accountability demands placed on teachers, using student test scores to determine teachers» effectiveness ratings, and «the way teachers are blamed for much broader social problems.»

In late summer, many grassroots NGOs and representatives of Southern social movements launched a Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice.

After 23 years of United Nations summits on climate change, the time has come for radical thinking and radical action — a social movement with the power to demand a better future.

Demanding safety and protection for all children of India irrespective of their caste, creed or religion, Netizens started this movement on social media.