Sentences with phrase «in a functioning democracy»
The big two that stand out are: (a) that we live in a functioning democracy.
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As Amartya Sen famously observed, famines do not occur in functioning democracies.
In the first place, economic systems which are partial socialist can and do exist in functioning democracies.
«Holding meetings in Riverside will give constituents living on both the North and South Forks the opportunity for better access to the legislative process, a key factor in a functioning democracy.»
And he is doing irreparable damage to education — a necessary and important institution in a functioning democracy.
(NIMBY kills alot of programs in a functioning democracy) Scientifically, the game seems to fall prey to the neo-Malthusian chants of much of the environmental movement.
Green imagines that «politics» fails to respond to pastoral societies, but he forgets that pastoralism and democracy are rarely seen together in a meaningful way, and thus he forgets Sen's point — famines do not occur in functioning democracies.
To take a striking example, no famine has ever occurred in a functioning democracy, regardless of economic conditions.