Sentences with phrase «influence on our democracy»

Even outside Southeast Asia, in other parts of Asia, China's gravitational pull and its soft power have had an influence on democracies.

Miner also told the committee the state's decisions directly impact the city of Syracuse and corruption has a «corrosive influence on our democracy.»

By proposing a law, pupils are encouraged to think about their influence on democracy and the significance of being an involved, knowledgeable citizen, since they are the world's future leaders.»

This fall the U.S. Supreme Court will decide a case that throws a spotlight on the oil industry's toxic influence on our democracy — and why we need to move America beyond oil as quickly as possible.

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Critics from the left have noted that corporations already have too much influence on our political system, and that encouraging these unelected corporate titans to use their ever larger megaphones only further erodes our democracy.

Highly critical of New Labour but strongly influenced by Scandinavian social democracy, Compass is advancing themes and policies which will resonate on the progressive left in Canada — a relentless focus on -LSB-...]

So there is a rough and ready very free market kind of democracy, if you will, and a lot of people have criticized Bitcoin because it major miners obviously have a lot more influence than people who are mining as a hobby and so on.

«Through the workings of a diplomacy based on the balance of power, a local conflict was transformed into a European war, which itself, through the influence of industry, democracy, and the rough equivalence between the opposing forces, grew into a hyperbolic war.»

Finally, the organization and the administration of the schools have an influence on what pupils learn about democracy.

The Rebirth of Democracy 300 years ago is thanks to Humanist Enlightenment principles and the rebirth of Ancient Greece's influence on thinking.

nicely put and someone's religious views certainly shouldn't influence their view on voting for someone in a democracy.

Acting within this framework, the communication media are actually suppressing democracy through its influence on the political process.

«It's disappointing to me that, despite many years of talk from people on both the left and the right of politics we are still stuck with this system which is antiquated and undemocratic... We need to try to get beyond the more tabloid version of this argument and really understand what it says about our democracy — you've got people appointed to the legislature without going through the proper processes of democratic accountability that are taken for granted in most countries in the world and you have people being influenced by making political donations.

At the moment, neither Public Campaign Action Fund or a related organization, Friends of Democracy, has filed an intent to lobby letter with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics — a documented required when the cost of seeking to influence state government is expected to be more than $ 5,000 for any given entity.

At 11 a.m., the Center for American Progress Action Fund will host a panel on how to implement solutions to tackle current threats to democracy, the influence of money in politics, and the effects of these issues on political participation at large, Rep. Steve Israel participates, 1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor, Washington, D.C.

It had a huge influence on medieval political thought and Anglo - Saxon political authority, and a foundational impact on ideas of tolerance, democracy and equality.

Aside from her political exploits — she was a top organizer on the high - profile Howard Dean campaign of 2004 — Teachout is best known as a scholar of political corruption, and her academic writing focuses on the politics of power, including the corrupting influence or corporations on democracy.

He isn't much influenced by social democracy though I would hope egalitarian social liberals can get a hearing But the current public vacuum is whether he has a medium or longterm political strategy for the party, and what it is, though perhaps a lot depends on whether the tory - ld coalition is still solid in 2013 and 2014

«The fact that these independent expenditure campaigns can be run now basically without any regulation at all other than disclosure allows people with big money to have a big influence on who gets elected to our offices in a democracy.»

In the UK, donations to political campaigns are capped to limit the influence of the hyper - rich on British democracy.

If you believe we will not have our democracy back until we eliminate the influence of money on our politicians and policies, then join us in standing for PEOPLE, PLANET, PEACE, OVER PROFIT.

Prompted by the widespread Russian influence campaign that targeted nearly two dozen states during the 2016 presidential election and the proliferation of secretive political advertising on social media platforms like Facebook, Cuomo proposed and the state Legislature successfully passed the «Democracy Protection Act,» which prohibits foreign entities from creating independent expenditure committees or buying political ads, requires anyone who purchases an online political ad to register as an independent expenditure committee, and also requires online ads to include information about who paid for them, as is currently required of traditional media platforms.

In an age when science influences every aspect of life — from the most private intimacies of sex and reproduction to the most public collective challenges of climate change and the economy — and in a time when democracy has become the dominant form of government on the planet, it is important that the voters push elected officials and candidates of all parties to explicitly state their views on the major science questions facing the nation.

Synopsis: DARK MONEY, a political thriller, examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials.

Chomsky states that, in addition, the privileged have deliberately crippled our democracy to such a degree that public opinion no longer has any influence on politicians.

Next week, Chicago voters will exercise their distinctive brand of school democracy by choosing more than 5,000 fellow citizens to serve on panels that wield potent influence over their neighborhood schools.

In this movement, some researchers saw democracy in action as power devolved from the state to local schools, sometimes culminating in outside stakeholder involvement.147 Many contentions about site - based management, community control of schools, community schools, and school choice were based on democratic and communitarian theory.148 Some researchers and policy makers influenced by economic theory have begun to view the relationship between schools and communities differently.

Let's hope that Sam Dillon's excellent article is the beginning of much closer scrutiny of the influence of billionaires, who are accountable to no one, on the institution which in the words of Thomas Jefferson is «the anvil upon which democracy is forged.»

The analysis, done by the Center for Media and Democracy, a nonprofit liberal watchdog and advocacy agency based in Wisconsin that tracks corporate influence on public policy, says that four companies — Pearson Education, ETS (Educational Testing Service), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and McGraw - Hill — collectively spent more than $ 20 million lobbying in states and on Capitol Hill from 2009 to 2014.»

Based on three main political systems (democracy, authoritarianism, totalitarianism), Realpolitiks allows you to extend the influence of your country through various means, all in order to win the race for global domination.

She serves on the art committee for Downtown for Democracy, a political action group composed of creative people whose aim is to transform cultural influence into political power.

As a palpable result of his displacement, subjects relating to American history, democracy, politics, and great philosophers, Ralph Waldo Emerson in particular, became deep - seated influences on his early artistic practice, often manifesting in marked utopian themes.

Watch a Livestream of a timely discussion on how to spare our democracy from overwhelming corporate influence.

Ultimately this issue has the potential to be a corruption of democracy due to the influence on public policy decision making.

Around 100 customers came to watch debaters battle it out over the right of the Strasbourg Court to influence British judges and the impact of its human rights rulings on democracy and justice in the UK.

Possible topics about pedagogy include: • Structuring statutory drafting courses • Simulation courses designed using mock legislatures or committees • Course linkages with real - world legislators and special interest organizations • Service learning or clinical opportunities for law students • Courses focused on law reform efforts • How to employ Plain - English principles in statutory and rule drafting • Theoretical perspectives on statutory drafting • Involving political realities in law school drafting courses • Teaching practical aspects of drafting that addresses theories and principles of statutory interpretation and construction Possible topics about practice include: • Unique challenges of drafting laws and / or regulations in specific areas such as criminal law, environmental, health law, etc. • Lawyering for non-profits, federal and state agencies, local governments, and other clients in frequent need of rule - drafting • Practicing in employment law, health law, environmental law, and other heavily regulated fields where private clients require rule and policy drafting • Non-legal drafting opportunities, such as sports league rules, industry trade group policies, and university rules Possible topics about politics include: • Political influences affecting legislative drafting • Direct democracy and the unique challenges of drafting initiatives and referenda • The implications of special interests driving drafting decisions • Polictics and its influence on legislative history • Lobbyists as legislative drafters.

South Africa has experienced much new legislation since the restoration of democracy in 1994 which has had widespread influences on education.