Sentences with phrase «disproportionate power»

Sadly, the wealthy have disproportionate power over politicians, and the majority of politicians are wealthy.

I am not keen on proportional representation because it tends to give disproportionate power to small parties.

The governor laments what he says is the «disproportionate power of the political extremists», and writes to McDonald «you should not be left to stand alone now».

Moving towards simply needing a majority of the population to have power could make majority tyranny worse, since separated powers wouldn't slow down the process or stop bills that hurt a minority with disproportionate power in one part of government.

Proportional representation often results in smaller parties enjoying disproportionate power as the big boys struggle to form a majority, and this may in turn result in less stable government.

Should the former win the day for him, it would be surprising if some Labour activists didn't begin to question the vastly disproportionate power wielded by MPs under the present arrangements.

That's because reporters perceive such large organizations as having disproportionate power compared to the average Jane or Joe.

Given limited public knowledge about the details of nuclear energy and encumbered access to disaster sites, the media have disproportionate power around the globe to shape public knowledge, perception, and reaction to nuclear crises, Pascale said.

Income inequality can be viewed as good (growing upper class), or bad (disproportionate power held by few), or ambivalent.

An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy.

Insufficient contributions to acquire ownership; Nondisadvantaged owners with disproportionate power to direct; Former owner remains involved

But as a member of the ethnic group that has enjoyed disproportionate power and privilege because of systemic and other forms of racism, attempting an answer means trying to address a blind spot that afflicts my own vision.

For years Professor Moe has been pointing out the teachers unions» tendency to use what he considers to be their vastly disproportionate powers to benefit their members at the expense of schoolchildren.

In this fashion the lazy man always has a disproportionate power of imagination.

A major public concern has been that the paid - time religious broadcasters, through their media activities, exercised a disproportionate power over the American electorate.

A party spokesperson confirmed the Lib Dems would be prepared to use their disproportionate power in the Lords to attempt to block the government's proposed sell - off of housing association homes.

But does the disproportionate power of teachers in education policymaking cause problems for democratic governance?

If these preferences are hardwired, top males will remain in demand as high status women continue to compete for them, thus those men would continue to have disproportionate power.