Sentences with phrase «if civil society»

Indeed, in the years to come, if civil society and families are to make more decisions and the government is to make fewer, policymakers have a critical role to play.

Smarick argues «if civil society and families are to make more decisions and the government is to make fewer,» then «reform - oriented technocrats» will have to play a greater role.

Not exact matches

If this financing can't be raised, says the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), each American household could lose an estimated $ 3,400 per year.

If internet companies don't participate in the societal costs of their disruption, the infrastructure and civil society upon which their business models depend will deteriorate

But otherwise it is to wonder if the Prime Minister was a touch disappointment when he opened the budget book last Thursday and found that, not only hadn't the Finance Minister eliminated all taxes, but he'd seen fit to budget for several increases in the cost of civil society.

And he could be serious about his faith, as well: In reply to Garry Wills» claim that «being Catholic always mattered more to him than being conservative,» Buckley responded, «If he meant he has a higher loyalty to God than to civil society, then the answer is obvious: God has to be preeminent.»

If such judgments are not made, we may end up with a dense network of mediating structures, a revivified society, but one that is hardly civil.»

But think for a moment of the sort of «civil society» we would have if religious people were exempt from any law they deemed «unjust» for religious reasons.

No individuals who live in civil societies require weapons designed to hunt and kill other human beings... even if the target is a Christian evangelical (but then again).

Or, if we are intelligent enough to recognize things that are wrong based on reason and self - interest (for building a civil society), then indefinite detention and torture are fundamentally wrong.

She declared in The Life of the Spirit and the Life of Today (E. P. Dutton, 1923) that society would be enhanced «if the civil wars of civilized man could cease and be replaced by that other mental fight, for the upbuilding of Jerusalem.»

If we lived in a truly civil society, that called for us, generally, to be polite and to talk about our differences in a genuine way, and if really were interested in an educated public, we would be behaving in this waIf we lived in a truly civil society, that called for us, generally, to be polite and to talk about our differences in a genuine way, and if really were interested in an educated public, we would be behaving in this waif really were interested in an educated public, we would be behaving in this way.

Civil society, if it is to survive, needs to find some new philosophico - religious basis: a conceptuality drawing on the past, certainly, but also looking toward a very different human future.

All of us must continue to work toward an integrated affective sexual maturity if we wish to be of greater service to the Church and civil society.

Surrounded by such places, and steeped in the principles of Catholic social teaching, the participants of the Seminar grapple with the monumental questions of our day: How, after a half - century of degradation, can the institution of the family, the bedrock of civil society, possibly bear the weight it must bear if freedom is to serve the common good?

If this recognition can not be commonly agreed to, ethical subjectivism will pervade any society that has become aware of each individual's equal right to judge moral codes, as is inherent in the Western liberal or democratic notion of civil justice.

Indeed, through the pressure of such groups as the American Civil Liberty Union, philosophical liberalism is rapidly becoming our orthodox civil religion, if I may indulge in a contradiction in terms, and traditional American views of the relation of religion and society are declared unconstitutiCivil Liberty Union, philosophical liberalism is rapidly becoming our orthodox civil religion, if I may indulge in a contradiction in terms, and traditional American views of the relation of religion and society are declared unconstituticivil religion, if I may indulge in a contradiction in terms, and traditional American views of the relation of religion and society are declared unconstitutional.

President Akufo - Addo's address which was intended to bring closure on the heated public sentiment against the pact seem to have done little if not fuel the controversy as more civil society organisations speak up against the deal.

It is not «As - Mad - as - Snakes - in - a-Sack», it may involve talking with many strands from the civil society but a consensus on protective measures can soon be established as the basis for UN-sanctioned action or even EU / Nato if game - playing strangles the will of the former to be of use.

If the state was to retreat the communities, families and individuals that composed civil society must resume the moral functions eroded by modernity's fashions: secularisation, bureaucratisation and socialism.

All these obsessed groups would be dangerous to civil society if they did not keep each other in check.

From this angle, the regionalist parties that are emerging in the North of England have a great potential, especially if they succeed in joining forces with civil society organisation and movements, mobilising grassroots support and pushing for the creation of some form of «Northern Constitutional Convention» capable of influencing decision and policy - making at the centre.

Imagine if they could become the missing connectors between civil society and the state?

If you are a liberal, your map tells you that you should be impressed: people are practising their civil right to disagree in a civilized manner, because that is one of the basic freedoms the liberal map suggests all decent societies should protect.

A number of civil society leaders I interviewed related how they would receive funding offers amounting to thousands of dollars if they would launch particular initiatives in locations designated by the funder's interests.

A small city could never expect to become something akin to a mini-state - but if its businesses, civil society and the university were to unite in requesting specific powers, a government accepting «democracy on demand» would be bound to consider granting them.

This action by the two state security outfits has received massive condemnation across the country with some civil society organisations threatening legal action against the NPA, BOST, The MD and the security agencies if the decision is not reversed for proper investigation to take place.

Smaller legislature is not so bad if the member keeps his connect with the people through neighbourhood organisations or civil society or media in general.

Finally, Nick Hurd, the Cabinet Office MInister, spoke for the Government at the end of the debate: I really believe that we have barely scratched the surface of what can be achieved in this country if we strike a more effective and balanced partnership between government, business and civil society, including active citizens in our communities who want to get more involved.

«If things remain as they are - without dialogue between the electoral commission and political parties over the electoral process, as well as between the commission and civil society and the international community - and elections go on as planned, the result could be violence,» Jerome Bonso, chairman of the National League for Free and Fair Elections, told IRIN in Kinshasa.

And even if they doubt Government's ability to solve crucial policy challenges, they believe in the Government's duty and ability to direct and cajole civil society into action on its behalf to solve these challenges.

Registration may also be denied if the activities of civil society groups are not in line with «national interest».

If this bill is passed into law, good governance, the rule of law and respect for human rights of Nigerians would become a farce in the country.By gagging civil society from criticising the National Assembly and the government, the bill will undercut the rule of law, shrink civic space, and expose vulnerable Nigerians to greater level of injustice and repression.»

If the enemies of freedom, democracy, and civil society recognize the power of culture, their defenders do not always do the same.

The protesters who are members of about four civil society organizations were demanding that Buhari should return to the country or resign if he was incapacitated.

«For example, it is doubtful if the endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari's second term bid by the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Good Governance and Democracy is representative enough of the opinion of civil society organisations across the couCivil Society Organisations for Good Governance and Democracy is representative enough of the opinion of civil society organisations across the cSociety Organisations for Good Governance and Democracy is representative enough of the opinion of civil society organisations across the coucivil society organisations across the csociety organisations across the country.

Lord Malloch - Brown, a former diplomat and Labour Foreign Office minister under Gordon Brown, who is heavily involved in a new organisation, Best for Britain, which seeks to mobilise civil society against leaving the EU, argued that Labour risked missing its chance of power if it continued hedging its bets on Brexit.

This is our message to leaders who oppose TTIP: if your opposition to this deal is genuine, then listen to your electorates, your trade unions and civil society groups and oppose CETA too.

He explained though the African continent has improved in several areas including governance, freedom of speech among others, surge in number of free media and civil society organizations a lot more can be done if African is given the space.

«Registers must be open — to civil society, the media, journalists, non-governmental organisations — if all the relevant dots are to be joined up, as the release of the Paradise Papers so clearly shows,» said Andrew Mitchell, a Conservative MP and former secretary of state for international development.

Once you get inside the Bella Center here in Copenhagen, tensions are pretty high, even though the Bella Center is a lot quieter now that the nongovernmental organizations, or civil society if you will, has been kicked out of the building.

The goal of this project was to craft a collective narrative from interviews of 30 global leaders who represent government, civil society and business interests — all making the case that deforestation must stop immediately if we are to protect our planet from the grim realities of climate change.

Is this what awaits South Africa's Oscar Pistorius if he is... based Wits Justice Project, a civil society group.

Bill, meanwhile, who, in an early scene, is saved by Sookie from «drainers» — rogue humans who steal vampires» blood for its notorious sensory - and libido - enhancing properties (and, naturally, its black - market value)-- is eager to settle down in sleepy Bon Temps, and may get the welcome mat if Sookie's kind grandmother (Lois Smith) can get her Civil War society to accept a real (if not technically «alive») veteran of that conflict speaking at one of their functions.

If the film feels Old Hollywood in that the stars are pretty, the heroes are tough, and the sex is good but the brutality is better, then excavate the ways that this period in our history dissolves into period noir: shells of men entrusted with the rebuilding of our society, with dangerous women and effete men (abortion rights and gay marriage vs. the evacuation of civil rights and ground wars in the Middle East) embodying the greater peril.

We assumed that school results would be much better, and school politics much reduced, if we dramatically decentralized the system by handing authority to families, educators, and civil society.

Like civil society that «mustbe understood in relation to the state», if not in «oppositionto it» (Schwartz) 37 (emphasis in original), the concept of global civil society can exist beside a sense of belonging to a nation or a state.

These indicators allow to evaluate if the political and moral system is contributing to the inhabitants are mutual solidarity, economic and social justice is practiced, education contributes to form true citizens, civil society participation in decisions of government and corruption is eradicated in the country.

It is clear that in a capitalist mixed economy predominantly state or predominantly private, the rationality in the operation of the economic system of a country can only be achieved in formulating goals (performance standard) and correction of deviations between what was planned and what was achieved if the State act in the governance of the system as a regulator of economic activity and as a mediator between the capitalists and civil society ensuring its participation in government decisions.

If you've read Tocqueville or Kirk — even Robert Putnam — or more recently Yuval Levin, you know that our answer is this magical combination of subsidiarity and civil society.