Sentences with phrase «for democratic culture»

Accéder au contenu: Declaration on the Responsibility of Higher Education for Democratic Culture - 23 June 2006

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This is true even for countries with a strong social democratic culture, such as Norway.

For the most part, the document echoes the moderately left - of - center positions of the Democratic Party, which is itself left of center in our political culture.

«Respect for authority, tradition, station, and education eroded,» writes Hatch, and as a result, «American Protestantism has been skewed away from central ecclesiastical institutions and high culture; it has been pushed and pulled into its present shape by a democratic or populist orientation.»

It laid the foundation for a debate of the situation facing communications, drew up lines for its democratic development and stimulated strengthening and self - development of local cultures.

As Rorty has put it more recently, «whatever good the ideas of «objectivity» and transcendence» have done for our culture can be attained equally well by the idea of a community which strives after both intersubjective agreement and novelty — a democratic, progressive, pluralist community of the sort of which Dewey dreamt» (ORT 13).

Republicans should be happy to learn this Truth that has brought America to the state of Light for Obama to pick on it.One thing good about American Democracy is it is «truly participating» and lasting with lessons for others to follow in modernity to tap blue horizons of life.Those blue horizons just do not end in economics that has many minds to tap the financial barometer of the country self educative in working of its affluent class and ordinary class both domestically and internationally relating to perfection with budgeting of money in economic plans that have been existing and are in the process to move charismatically with a tide over where bipartisan element also comes into play well integrated to test the mettle of the top leader of the country who has to stand over the continuous democratic element evolving of the country both in economic as well as inherently in spiritual terms for the good of the people at large mixing with the culture of exchange that has humanity behind it to survive??

... for the past 25 years, the Democratic Party, at least rhetorically, acknowledged that compelling taxpayers to fund abortions was a step too far in the culture wars.

In most democratic theory (John Dewey's, for example) «culture» is a concept that usually links rationalized «society» and autochthonous «community,» which is true enough.

If the interests of the information and culture producers and the powers that be are intertwined, a society's capacity for democratic government is seriously undermined.

A free press is basic to the health of democratic culture in the civil sphere because it offers one line of public accountability for those in public office.

They are seeking what has been called post-modern paradigms for «an open secular democratic culture» within the framework of a public philosophy (Walter Lippman) or Civil Religion (Robert Bellah) or a new genuine realistic humanism or at least a body of insights about the nature of being and becoming human, evolved through dialogue among renascent religions, secularist ideologies including the philosophies of the tragic dimension of existence and disciplines of social and human sciences which have opened themselves to each other in the context of their common sense of historical responsibility and common human destiny.

American Catholics for whom the noun, not the adjective, is determinative are thus faced with a brutal fact: Our deeply wounded political culture has produced two impossible options in the 2016 Republican and Democratic tickets.

Also, Aspiration 3 states it in a different way, «Africa shall have a universal culture of good governance, democratic values, gender equality, respect for human rights, justice and the rule of law».

By most accounts, the task will not be easy, even for the highly popular Democratic governor, whose wide margin of electoral victory and long history in Albany has given him unusual influence within the slow - moving culture of the capital.

Indeed, the current governing party in Bolivia, the Movimiento al Socialismo (or MAS), while committed to maintaining power by purely democratic means (and, in fact, responsible for an aggressive campaign to increase voter registration throughout the country) has stated that indigenous Andean (and by implication, Inca) culture is inherently socialistic.

Or that there is little place for democratic republicanism in the culture of English football?

Cancel faces a spirited challenge in the heavily Democratic district from Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou, who has attacked Cancel for her ties to Silver and focused her campaign on the need to reform Albany's tangled political culture.

Appearing on his doorstep, he says he loves European culture and civilisation but there should be no confusion with that and a political project that is «basically being going on for decades, which I think is in real danger of getting out of proper democratic control».

«We didn't need this guilty verdict for people to know corruption is a major problem in Albany, but it once again puts a spotlight on the drastic change we need to improve our culture,» said state Sen. Mike Gianaris, a Queens Democrat who chairs the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.

Washington (CNN)- The Democratic National Committee, which has been blasting New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for weeks over the bridge scandal, is releasing a new web video Friday, accusing him for creating a vitriolic culture among his staff.

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) sees the exercise as an important initiative that helps to deepen the culture of democratic governance in Ghana.

Democratic candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon praised the women who spoke out, and called for a look into the «culture of silence that protects those in power.»

«The defeat of the Constitutional Convention is a triumph for all of the enemies of reform in Albany: Andrew Cuomo, the political bosses in the State Legislature, and the lobbyists and special interests who thrive in New York's pay for play culture of corruption,» said Bill Samuels, the Democratic activist who had supported the referendum, with the hope of ushering in campaign finance and ethics reforms.

Besides, Governor Ambode urged Nigerians to keep alive the principles of June 12 by upholding democratic values and culture especially by participating in democratic processes such as voters» registration exercise, voting for candidates of choice during election and avoiding any act that could disrupt peaceful conduct of free, fair and credible election.

«It will take someone in your position, with your vision for a stronger, more democratic and transparent New York to lead the effort to truly clean up state government and change the culture in Albany,» the letter states.

But remember that, for most people, the referendum was a difficult democratic decision, never the declaration of a culture war.

Three other Democrats let it be known that they were looking at the race: L. Douglas Wilder, who had been elected governor of Virginia in 1989, George McGovern, the man who'd lost 49 states to Nixon in 1972 (and waged a hopeless bid for the 1984 Democratic nomination), and John Silber, the Boston University president who had nearly won Massachusetts» governorship the previous fall by running as a conservative culture warrior.

RYE BROOK, N.Y. — As Andrew Cuomo prepared to accept the Democratic nomination for governor, Republicans outside the convention today started their assault on the attorney general, calling him «Prince Andrew» and saying he let Albany slip into a «culture of corruption.»

Newell, who previously challenged Silver in the Democratic primary for his assembly seat, said the culture of backroom negotiations, something Silver has become known for, is fueling bad politics for all New Yorkers.

The Democratic governor says the designation will help property owners obtain tax credits for preservation while boosting arts, culture and tourism.

Astorino faces a Catch - 22 in that regard: He needs these conservative voters to support his candidacy for governor, but also needs to move a broader electorate that is not attuned to a firearms culture to back him over the better - funded, better - known Democratic incumbent.

He reiterated his commitment to the stability of a democratic culture in Nigeria, which he noted would be achieved through the conduct of free, fair, peaceful and internationally acceptable standard of electioneering that INEC stands for.

«An act to provide for the implementation of the constitutional rights to information held by a public institution subject to the exemptions that are necessary and consistent with the protection of the public interest in a democratic society to foster a culture of transparency and accountability in public affairs and to provide for related matters», the Deputy Attorney General submitted.

The said meeting also unanimously resolved to build: «A restructured, balanced equitable and truly functional Nigerian Federation,» a umane, free, seIf - reliant and democratic society; «a dynamic, productive, transformed and sustainable economy; «a just, fair, egalitarian and peaceful nation, «a land of bright and full of opportunities for all Nigerians; and, a national culture of raising good leaders through effective mentoring;

As female members of the Assembly, we hope that our colleagues in the Democratic Majority will call for a vote and elect a new speaker; someone untarnished by the corrupt culture of Albany and who will not tolerate abuses toward women.

It has become part of our culture that these lines have devolved into a weigh station for Democratic and Republican candidates simply because these lesser parties acknowledge they have no chance of winning; not that they try.

He is also looking forward to «deepening democratic culture of the party's youth, imbibing party values in the youth and providing opportunities for the growth of young people in the party».

This agenda will focus on; expanding the youth network of the party, creation of youth volunteer corps, deepening democratic culture of the party's youth, imbibing party values in the youth and providing opportunities for the growth of young people in the party.

But beneath the surface, another culture has been noted as being part and parcel of the African democracy that could explain why Africa's recent past promising democratic records can not be depended in its entirety as an engine for post 2015 development agenda; -

• Is it true that democratic control is necessary for communities to pass on their culture and traditions?

Ennahda entered into a number of agreements and compromises with the Congress for the Republic (CPR), the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), and Ettakatol to secure an understanding about what Tunisian political culture and civil society might look like in a post-authoritarian setting.

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Many scholars consider such market - based reform trends to be threats to the democratic culture that schools were once championed for creating., Scholars suggest that rather than building a democratic culture, such policies support business interests in lieu of citizenship.

These small democratic groups build a strong sense of community, rich relationships between faculty and students, a meaningful instructional program, a stimulating professional culture for staff, and a respectful and responsible student body.

Students participate in Democratic Governance, make suggestions for improving campus life, and have their own Climate and Culture team.

The report acknowledges areas for growth and highlights the school's many strengths, including: (1) A strong and democratic school culture; (2) The rigor and quality of student learning; (3) Progress on student outcome measures; and (4) Advancements in engaged scholarship.

- The Spectator (UK) «A masterful plot, a terrifying subject, and a gripping read... Patrick Flanery's topical, multi-layered novel probes the ubiquitous culture of surveillance today and its potential ramifications for a democratic society.»

Durant grew up in the Boston area, and exposure to an educational culture emphasizing democratic ideals, racial equality, and social justice created the framework for his artistic perspective.

The informality of Chetwynd's performances and the effortless mix of high and low sources make them remarkably democratic spaces for exploring ideas about history, class, and contemporary culture.