Sentences with phrase «most liberal societies»

«We found children at a very early age — from the most conservative to the most liberal societies — quickly internalize this myth that girls are vulnerable and boys are strong and independent,» said Robert Blum, director of the Global Early Adolescent Study based at Johns Hopkins University.

Not exact matches

Liberal humanism sees the individual's feelings, rights and values as society's most important watermark.

In this regard, Hertzke notes one of the great paradoxes of American politics today, namely, that blacks — among the most traditionally religious communities within American society — continue to identify with an increasingly secular and culturally liberal Democratic party.

Yet, most evangelical institutions remain firmly committed to the older liberal arts model of formation, fusing it with worldview analysis in order to cultivate an educated Christian laity who can then change society.

Nothing unifies political parties like the presence of a formidable enemy, and Republicans, whatever their internal differences, can agree that the most expansive liberal agenda since the New Deal and the Great Society must be opposed without reservation.

In these days of rampant atheism and relativism among critical elites in Western societies, of genteel nihilism and «liberal irony» a la Richard Rorty, it is not difficult to see that both Judaism and Christianity are being slated for disappearance by a number of our most «advanced» thinkers.

Most liberals today call for selective increases in federal spending, but few if any urge a return to the practices of the Great Society.

The comparison is not irrelevant, as they are prevalent in our society, and even the most far left liberal can't believe that getting rid of all the guns in the country is a viable option.

In my most recently published paper «Post-war voters as fiscal liberals: local elections, spending, and war trauma in contemporary Croatia», co-authored with Professor Josip Glaurdić from the University of Luxemburg, we attempt to provide an answer to these questions in the context of a post-conflict society in which we examine how the impact of war affects citizens» preferences towards redistribution.

Richard Reeves, a former adviser to the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, chastised me for sins varying from my opposition to the coalition Government's threefold increase in student fees to my suggestion that British society is the second most dysfunctional in the rich developed world.

Most of these needs are found in liberal democracy paradigms to different degrees — although not all — which serve to explain the inequalities and disenfranchisement in some of these societies.

He had written to all Liberal Democrats MPs to express his concern as a man «living with HIV and with no assurances that I will not have to pay for the medication that keeps me alive in the future» and how he believed that they would have «a desire to protect the most vulnerable and those at the margins of society.»

I mean, within the minority that objects to it, are most of the claims that it supports racism (i.e. liberal objection), or that it falsely displays American society as racist (i.e. conservative objection)?

And never did I think that the Liberal Democrats would ever collude in mounting such a vicious attack on the most vulnerable people in our society as they have done with the bedroom tax.

The Liberal Democrats must not forget their historic commitment to social justice and must always stand up for the most vulnerable in society.

Are these Liberal Democrats «okay» with making some of the most vulnerable people in our society pay for the economic mess caused by millionaire bankers?

The Liberal Democrats did not sign up to the Conservative formula of cutting # 4 for every # 1 raised in additional revenue and it would be impossible to pursue such a policy without adversely hurting the most vulnerable in society.

The Independent argues that it is the Liberal Democrat leader and his ministers who «appear to be winning their battle to curb welfare handouts to the better off in order to protect the most vulnerable in society».

Conference calls for Liberal Democrats in government to continue to work to ensure that the most vulnerable in society are not disproportionately affected by the government's austerity measures and to ensure that the wealth and inequality gap does not widen.

«We are already the most watched society in the world and yet ministers want more snooping powers,» said Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne of reports that development of an advanced monitoring system is already underway.

However, the Conservative and Liberal Democrat government is ultimately responsible because their economic policies have unnecessarily delayed economic recovery, and they have unfairly put the burden of austerity on the most vulnerable parts of society, and on those least able to bear it.

But it is safe to say that my approach can not be essayed by traditional liberal efforts to reform dimensions of capitalist society that most impact teaching and learning.

The most liberal of these groups is probably David Kelley's Atlas Society.

Most Australians I meet pride themselves on being part of a liberal democratic society that does not condone discrimination or racism.