Sentences with phrase «entrenched power»

It becomes a game, a deeply entrenched power struggle, rather than an effective parenting tool.

It's like a competition between a new form of broad - based direct democracy against the old entrenched power hierarchy of candidate selection.

Too often that path is shaped by entrenched power more than community power.

So - called electoral reform must not have the perverse consequence of entrenching the power of political parties by making them a crucial component of our system.

This weekend, Sundance Selects will open director Matt Tyrnauer's doc Citizen Jane: Battle For the City, with Marisa Tomei voicing the author / activist who fought entrenched power in New York for her vision of urban life.

Fighting against entrenched power is never easy, and victory is never guaranteed, but the issues we've raised in this campaign — whether it's a lack of affordable housing, the need for a $ 15 minimum wage, or the importance of honest, ethical representation in government — will continue to drive me in what I do next.»

In local authorities elsewhere, where Labour has been in power for 25 years or more, the LibDems have (very properly IMO) challenged this as entrenched power and called for change.

This movement seeks to butt heads with entrenched power through the power of the common man — but if the plan at this point consists of megaphones and petrol bombs it will not succeed.

«The potential for change can often inspire fear, especially for those whose entrenched power may be affected by a reform - minded public,» wrote Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb in a legislative column.

To restore the public trust in public service, he's leading the effort to bring ethics reform to Albany by helping to pass a constitutional amendment stripping officials convicted of a felony of their taxpayer - funded retirement and instituting term limits on legislative leadership position, ensuring no one can accumulate entrenched power and use it to his or her advantage.

These changes will likely entrench their power even further, and that can not be a good thing for consumers, no how low their premiums may be.

While engaging in heroic legal interventions may help clinical lawyers and students «feel better,» these interventions rarely address the systemic roots of the troubles that persist in the communities of our clients and may serve to reproduce and entrench power relations between lawyer and clients.

A pre-election gimmick that entrenches the power of those friendly to Whitehall is never a step in the right direction.

Yet, just months ago, a Jokowi victory appeared almost a sure thing — holding an almost 40 % lead over Prabowo, a candidate not allowed in the U.S. for past human rights violations and who, as the former son - in - law of Suharto, the Indonesian dictator overthrown 16 years ago, is certainly among the nation's entrenched powers.

Jesus fought against an entrenched power structure and often did so with cutting satire.

But first the movement is emotional, liturgical and imaginative; it requires forming a vision of the future free of the fearful dreams of entrenched power.

Court wisdom could degenerate into yesmanship, serving the centers of entrenched power.

Entrenched power must come into it as well.

«Representatives who will stand up to entrenched power and stand up for the people.

Even in egalitarian Europe, female politicians must battle gender stereotypes, biased media coverage, and entrenched power.

The Cantonments Declaration by the regional chairmen, like the Swedru Declaration by then President and his allies, is an attempt to entrench the power of the BT.

I found Onukeme's analyses very convincing because Jammeh had overblown his military might to terrify The Gambia for 22 years; yet now, he is using the same threats against the international community, with the intention of deepening and entrenching his powers.

Don't get me wrong, an entrenched power like Maziarz ought to get challenged at the ballot box now and again, but Destino's candidacy is akin to a nuisance lawsuit.

Dean prevailed in this despite pernicious and persistent push back from the entrenched power interests in his own party.

The question now, Leifeld asked towards the evening's end, was whether the two factions of the town's long - powerful Democratic Party would pull together for November elections, or stay fractured — something that occurred with Olive Republicans when they lost their entrenched power decades ago.

Mr. Heastie's group complained that Mr. Rivera, an entrenched power in the borough, was ignoring factions beyond his inner circle.

Stand up to the entrenched powers and carpetbaggers in the only way still available.

In the end, nothing changed, as Spitzer was steamrolled by his own hubris, to the delight of Albany's entrenched powers - that - be — before vanishing into his personal septic tank of a sex scandal.

Our history abounds with examples of individual's protecting their rights for freedom and liberty against the forces of greed, corruption, and the arrogance of entrenched power.

Only the entrenched power structure — the few who already voted in the elections and their uniformed representatives — talked about the destruction of a fine old tradition, and ballot - box stealing, and shifting the vote away from the established agenda.

Sometimes, those books which speak against prevailing wisdom, social norms, or entrenched power are the most important and beneficial to society, helping to promote a robust democracy and an active intellectual life.

If we really want to improve our nation, we need to take action to remove the entrenched powers of the Republicans and Democrats, so that other parties can get some representation.

It is time to remove the many devices that managements use to entrench their power, and give shareholders real power.

The exhibition takes as a given that these structures are linked to the entrenched powers of colonialism and institutionalized racism that magnify inequity.

Examining structures linked to the entrenched powers of colonialism and institutionalized racism that magnify inequality, the artists will exhibit painted allegories for the administration of power, sculptural proposals to renew (and destroy) monuments, and cinematic works that engage the modes of propaganda that influence mankind more and more each day.

In the US (and other English - speaking countries), the primary obstacle is not the entrenched power of interests that would lose from climate stabilization such as fossil fuel companies.

To transition fully to this clean energy resource, we need a rooftop revolution to break the entrenched power of fossil fuels interests.

The entrenched power of the fossil - fuel industry and its political backers isn't all that stands in the way of taxes on carbon pollution.

So for startups looking to carve out a share of the market for themselves, they have to make themselves aware of the statutes and regulations in their industry as well as the entrenched powers that they look to threaten.