Sentences with phrase «of autocratic»

Moreover, 64 countries did poorly in constraining government powers — which reaffirms the rising tide of autocratic regimes across the globe.»

Tensions in Egypt boiled over in January 2011, following 30 years of autocratic rule under former president Hosni El Sayed Mubarak; protestors filled Tahrir Square, which became the catalyst for two governments being overthrown, first in 2011 and, following the election of the Moslem Brotherhood, in 2013.

Our Founding Fathers zealously defended this right and recognized that only an informed and empowered jury could effectively protect a defendant from the potentially harmful effects of autocratic judges.

Maathai saw in the Green Belt Movement both a good in itself, and a way in which women could discover they were not powerless in the face of autocratic husbands, village chiefs and a ruthless president.

Being approachable, listening, being a good communicator who «sells» ideas — and making all your players feel they can contribute freely and make a real difference — will get you much further than any sort of autocratic «coz I say so» approach.

I would say that if you are looking for a fine boned, jackal headed, dog aggressive, fearful shadow of what a dog could really be, check out one of those autocratic «pure» breeders.

In the first chapter, Massie writes: «Even as Empress Catherine, at the height of her autocratic power, she wished not only to be admired for her extraordinary mind and obeyed as an empress, but also to find the elemental creature...

But even those who don't share Greenblatt's political perspective should find his well - informed survey of the making and unmaking of autocratic rulers to be instructive and entertaining.

A cousin of the autocratic president discovers how profitable it is to crank up that logging or mining operation on the edge of the preserve.

Ignore all cases of autocratic or «personal rule», where it is difficult to distinguish between «anti-social», «criminal» and «treasonous»; limit answers to examples of societies which have an established governance and a mechanism by which to criminalize behavior.

That fact escapes the nongs yabbering away in defence of the autocratic Monarchy.

In the 1990s, a wave of protest and a democratic global climate led to the fall of autocratic regimes and a series of elections across the African continent.

You can also think of the autocratic parent as a dictator, or the boss of the whole household.

Many ex players will comment they prefer the strong hand of a autocratic leader, but Wenger's more laissez faire approach is often good for creative types if balanced with some semblance of autocratic principles.

Coming off a 2 — 14 season that ended the brutal two - year reign of autocratic general manager Joe Thomas, the organization was, in the words of Montana, a third - round draft pick in» 79, «a small circus.»

He was one of the autocratic monarchs who were emerging in Europe.

Maybe your religion of autocratic science has warped your ability to read.

It was about equally characteristic of the Spanish, the Portuguese, the Russian, and the Dutch possessions — those in which the policy of autocratic control by the secular arm was most marked.

The churches» internal architecture is like that of autocratic governments.

France was - after Revolution, Terror, and Napoleon - a volatile mix of the autocratic and republican, but posed no immediate threat to others.

De-stabilised Middle East, rise of new power in Saudi Arabia, aggressive China, Russia - US tensions, Turkey - Russia escalation, rise of autocratic but nationalists leaders such as Modi in India, Trump in United States, bin - Salman in Middle East, the Geo - Political unease hasn't been this tense in decades, so as a market participant you can never care less than ever.

Not exact matches

«The «feel good» language about mutually beneficial cooperation is intended to benefit autocratic states at the expense of people whose human rights and fundamental freedoms we are all obligated as states to respect,» Mack said.

But swallowing your pride, as well as autocratic worries that criticism will spiral into some sort of revolt, can pay dividends.

But under the golden halo of absolute power, they became an autocratic «bad emperor» without any formal constitutional means of ridding the system of its excesses.

Delegates told me they worried the party is too autocratic, and when I asked a senior party official what he made of Saturday's policy debates, he said, «I haven't really been paying attention.»

There is a widening gap between individuals who have benefited from the policies of governments and those who have seen little relief, and that gap is particularly wide in autocratic countries where people have inadequate ability to change those policies or to voice their political opposition.

However, many of those were older, more traditional churches led by entrenched, autocratic pastors well into their 60s and composed of a congregation and worship style that was far from contemporary.

Babar called himself Padishah, an Iranian title for king which implied that he was not the democratic chief of a few Turkish tribes but was an autocratic Iranian sovereign.

This would lead to an historic compromise involving the state (not only as is often presented in caricature style as a gang of technocrats and stupid autocratic bureaucrats) but as an effective instrument to implement a transparent and democratic social contract.

Such guardianship is not an autocratic authority which excludes the wife from expressing her views or from the right of consultation; it is merely a rank of honor and control which must respect the wife's point of view.

What would you suggest, that some autocratic murderous dictator gain control over all the Muslim nations and force a single, state version of the faith, like Constantine did for Christianity?

In four of the five autocratic groups aggression was converted into apathy.

A complex modern democracy is at a serious disadvantage in dealing with autocratic states as well as in expeditiously conducting its own internal affairs, unless it possesses strong executive powers which are not hedged about in matters of detailed policy and administration by legislative and judicial agencies.

The publication of related scientific literature (which up till now has been strictly forbidden and persecuted by the autocratic feudal government) must now form one of the items of our party work.22

Although the church, along with all institutions, will find adherents no matter how autocratic the rule of its membership is, I claim that in order for the church to survive in a healthy manner,...

He is violently opposed to concepts of God derived from autocratic forms of government, at whose word everything began, whose rule is by divine fiat, and who is ultimately responsible for all evil and suffering.

The very existence of power relations, the inequality of the strong and the weak, the mastery of the former over the latter, the differentiation between ruler and ruled was attributed by nineteenth century liberals to autocratic government and is attributed by contemporary Marxists to the class structure of society.

Thus the conviction arose that war was a by - product of either the autocratic or the capitalistic organization of society.

Writing in Commonweal, Peter Steinfels, senior religion reporter for the New York Times, describes what is now a very tired scenario: «A church that is democratic, egalitarian, open, embracing, tolerant, innovating, lay - led, diverse, and affirmative of American values is pitted against a church that is autocratic, hierarchical, dogmatic, discriminating, clerical, monolithic, and committed to a European past.»

Hence the struggle can only be one of power, either democratic rule of the majority or autocratic rule of a power elite.

You'd think that no proud, patriotic, freedom - loving American would ever welcome the takeover of this country by an autocratic dictator, yet millions of Christians living in this country can't wait for King Jesus to wipe out all democracy.

By 1944, after enduring more than two decades of Landis's autocratic rule, the owners were openly rebelling against their now elderly commissioner, whom they referred to as the Czar.

I realise that Chechnya, as Kadyrov's private fiefdom, is far worse than the rest of Russia but even with that in mind Russia's backslide into autocratic thuggery under Putin should be condemned for what it is.

The flip - side of that is his autocratic nature made it difficult to make appointments which would diminish his power, but the responsibility for doing that still lay with the club itself — the board and the owner.

For this Wenger must take a large share of the blame, for his increasingly autocratic management style has bred a group of mentally weak clones, supremely talented but insecure.

The question whether autocracies or democracies work better for the people is probably impossible to answer in an empirical fashion, because democratic and autocratic states differ on a lot of dimensions.

It can also be very difficult — see, for example, the many accounts of Sir Montagu Norman's autocratic rule in the early part of the 20th century when he was the bane of all chancellors of any political colour.

Electoral autocracies, are non-democratic regimes that combine the existence of otherwise democratic institutions, like courts, parliaments, electoral authorities, with an autocratic exercise of power.

Democratic Assemblyman Alec Brook - Krasny (D - 46th Assembly District - Brooklyn), the first Soviet - born, Russian - speaking Member of the Assembly, has signed onto Tedisco's resolution as a co-sponsor and is urging his counterparts in Washington, D.C. to send a crystal clear message to Russian autocratic President Vladimir Putin, that invading a sovereign nation is an unacceptable violation of international law.

perhaps along the lines of «Gordon is an autocratic little sod, who never let us have any money when he was chancellor, and is surely leading the labour party into the political wilderness for the next 20 years, so he should really do the right thing and bugger off»