Sentences with phrase «larger social forces»

Because students and teachers need not constantly confront inequalities that are the product of larger social forces, the embrace of active acculturation can proceed without apology to beneficiaries or benefactors.
Across the country, districts are grappling with rising levels of student anxiety attributed to everything from academic pressures to larger social forces.
Other recent dark comedies about delinquent teens, such as The Bling Ring, Spring Breakers, and American Honey, at least tried to put their characters» actions in the context of larger social forces.
The points of greatest pressure will be first, those which impact onto the membership of the trade unions, secondly, those with the largest social forces behind them and thirdly, those where the trade union bureaucracy can not avoid the political contradictions with Blair.
Such schools educate mainly low - income students, which renders socioeconomic disparities less salient... Because students and teachers need not constantly confront inequalities that are the product of large social forces, the embrace of active acculturation can proceed without apology to beneficiaries or benefactors.

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With a social media audience of well over one - million people, Zuckerberg has the platform to «highlight a situation that is all too common» and force a large company to sit up and take notice.
To help answer these and other questions, and to validate the role real estate investors are playing in the housing recovery, BiggerPockets.com, the nation's largest and most active real estate investing social network, and Memphis Invest, one of the nation's leading providers of single - family rental real estate investment services, joined forces to sponsor a national survey on investor s and their near - term intentions.
But she is also being acted on by forcessocial, economic, cultural, political — larger than herself.
The person has not fared especially well at the hands of modern attempts to write about history, which have generally sought to locate historical explanations in the workings of large structures, impersonal forces, and social groups rather than the vagaries and razor - edged contingencies of individual character and agency.
But individual pastoral care is most meaningful when it takes place in the context of a larger attempt to analyze and correct the social forces which perpetuate poverty.
Unlike the contextualist who endeavors to explain the congregation in the light of social ideas and forces at work throughout the larger community, the symbolist observes the structure of ideas and actions within the church itself that particularize its outlook and behavior.
Indeed, we should begin by asking pointedly what, if anything, we might gain from adopting a theoretical perspective that specifically attempts to take into account the forces of some social unit larger than the society itself.
«Gandhi was probably the first person in history to live the love ethic of Jesus above mere interaction between individuals to a powerful and effective social force in a large scale.
Whatever you do, do not try to force your tween to «be an extravert» by making her attend large social gatherings or encouraging her to talk all of the time.
We also show that the large electoral losses for the Social Democrats between 1994 and 1998 were much more pronounced among outsiders: according to our estimates, a typical member of the labour force became 18 percentage points less likely to support the Social Democrats if he was an outsider, but only 8.5 percentage points less likely to do so if he was an insider.
To waste billions on a full replacement of Trident is to take money away from other defence and social priorities, threatening members of the armed forces and the British people at large.
That means the fate of these and other research programs, although traditionally nonpartisan, will be shaped by larger forces — from Social Security to tax policy — stirring the political waters.
Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart both have large followings on social media and their fans should turn out in full force.
The unions argued that the lawsuit unfairly blames teachers for problems in the public schools that stem from much larger social and political forces, including poverty, inequality and racial segregation.
In January, Tides Foundation and RSF Social Finance will join forces to present Play BIG 2013, a gathering on impact investing to inspire those with large capital reserves to drive social and environmental cSocial Finance will join forces to present Play BIG 2013, a gathering on impact investing to inspire those with large capital reserves to drive social and environmental csocial and environmental change.
If the «Merchant Posters» are, conceptually speaking, Bradford's miniatures — crystalline notations of local moods and needs — then his larger works confront bigger forces of social history beyond Leimert Park and beyond Los Angeles.
The entrance room houses the installation Spoiled Foot, which fills the space with a large, obstructing black and red mass hanging from the ceiling and which forces the public to walk in a narrow passage and brush against the side walls as a metaphor of the contrast between those who live at the margins and a centralized social power.
And once more, the Biennale observes the relationship between art and the development of the human, social and political world, as external forces and phenomena loom large over it.
Although both artists work is bringing very different components to the table, they are forcing a larger conversation to be had around sex, pain, social spaces and attitudes on these topics.
In each intimate chamber is projected the first - person narrative of an individual caught up in larger social and political forces.
Social inequalities can be reduced through the defense of human rights, the rule of law, participatory democracy, universal access to public services, the recognition of personal dignity, a significant improvement in the effectiveness of fiscal and social policies, an ethical finance reform, large scale decent work creation policies, integration of the informal and popular economic sectors, and national and international collaboration to eradicate the new forms of slavery such as forced labor and sexual exploitSocial inequalities can be reduced through the defense of human rights, the rule of law, participatory democracy, universal access to public services, the recognition of personal dignity, a significant improvement in the effectiveness of fiscal and social policies, an ethical finance reform, large scale decent work creation policies, integration of the informal and popular economic sectors, and national and international collaboration to eradicate the new forms of slavery such as forced labor and sexual exploitsocial policies, an ethical finance reform, large scale decent work creation policies, integration of the informal and popular economic sectors, and national and international collaboration to eradicate the new forms of slavery such as forced labor and sexual exploitation.
As I discussed in my last book, The Shock Doctrine, over the past four decades corporate interests have systematically exploited these various forms of crisis to ram through policies that enrich a small elite — by lifting regulations, cutting social spending, and forcing large - scale privatizations of the public sphere.
But perhaps blogging and social media has evened the playing field, thus forcing the larger firms to spend more on television ads.
The practice of law does not take place in a vacuum, but in a vast and multifarious Real World full of fellow human beings and of social, economic, political, natural, and cultural tidal forces, and the practice can only gain from the attorney's engagement with that larger context.
You'll also gain an understanding of the large driving forces shaping social policy and financial markets, as well as skills in statistical analysis.
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Simultaneously, larger political, economic and social forces also impinge on the family culture.
There is strong evidence that shows that universal community - based systems of high quality early childhood education and care are part of the backbone of strong economies: ECEC has short - term, medium - term and long - term economic and social impacts on children, their parents, the labour force, local economies and the larger economy.
Desirée L. Israel, LGSW - Member at Large Desirée is a licensed social worker, perinatal psychotherapist, trained birth doula, Reiki practitioner, and owner of Postpartum Recovery helping women decipher the funk of motherhood through her practice in Baltimore, MD.Additionally, she serves as a diversity committee member for Postpartum Progress, a Maryland co-coordinator for Postpartum Support International and her practice is a Perinatal Safe Spot through the National Perinatal Task Force.
Others in the group include Julie Daniluk, host of The Healthy Gourmet; social entrepreneur Kelly Drennan, who is dedicated to greening the fashion industry; Rob Grand, owner of Canada's largest green lifestyle retailer, Grassroots Environmental Products; Ryan Wiseman, who has been active in the green / environment movement for 15 years; and Wayne Roberts, who manages the Toronto Food Policy and is a member of Toronto's Environmental Task Force.
To help answer these and other questions, and to validate the role real estate investors are playing in the housing recovery, BiggerPockets.com, the nation's largest and most active real estate investing social network, and Memphis Invest, one of the nation's leading providers of single - family rental real estate investment services, joined forces to sponsor a national survey on investor s and their near - term intentions.
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