Sentences with phrase «issue of liberal democracy»

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I think it is appropriate in our liberal democracy for Christians, along with adherents of other religions, to make decisions about political issues on the basis of whatever considerations they find true and relevant.

Consider two criteria for priority for a Labour blogger: (1) the degree of importance of an issue to the basic functioning of a liberal democracy; (2) areas where the party / government has things very wrong.

What we should surely be aware of is that these issues connect directly with the much broader and ongoing global debate about the future of government and the challenge that the rise of non-democratic countries, like China, pose to the universal aspirations of liberal democracy.

I focus on these issues because I think that liberal democracy can not survive the kinds of inequalities that have now become the norm in the industrialized world.

Reflecting both countries» singular histories, journalists Iris Deroeux and Jelani Cobb and historians Pap Ndiaye and Benjamin Stora will debate issues regarding political representation of minorities and explore how these questions figure among the challenges facing liberal democracies today.

Whereas we imagine governments in liberal democracies largely to respond to people's wishes, under the rubric of climate change and other issues, government and its agencies increasingly seek to change behaviour and modify attitudes towards policies that have already been determined.