Sentences with phrase «of modern democracy»

The paradox of modern democracy has little to do with the level of inequality in society.

Its influence can be seen today in the documents of a modern democracy.

It fell well short of the kind of assembly whose protection was fundamental to the proper functioning of a modern democracy and was, for that reason, guaranteed by Art 11.

Niall Firth states that the secret ballot is one of the bedrocks of modern democracy.

Drive to Gullfoss waterfall by way of Thingvellir National Park, which some scholars believe to be the birthplace of modern democracy.

In refusing to impose the details of justice from afar the liberal political cultures would not be abandoning principles, for «self - determination» in the political sense is not just a principle of modern democracy.

The emergence of modern democracies has given Christians the opportunity to have a role in the shaping of public policy, and Christian churches have used the opportunity to advocate policies that flow from what has come to be known as «the preferential option for the plight of the poor.»

The exchange ends with a meditation by Furet on «the melancholy backdrop» of the end of the millennium, where he sees an unrepentant left seeking «the oldest dream of modern democracy»» to separate democracy and capitalism, when they run inevitably together» and a triumphant global capitalism eroding cultural differences, with unpredictable but potentially tragic consequences.

Better than any other conservative theorist, Tocqueville appreciated both the comparative justice of modern democracy as well as the threat it poses to the higher excellences of human nature.

This doctrine of the necessary conformity of civil law to moral truth long predates the rise of modern democracy.

As Pope John Paul II pointed out, these characteristics contributed to the development of modern democracy, as they did in recent times in Eastern Europe.

Yet people living in the non-Western world do want growth, progress, social order, security, which were supposed to result from theputative establishment of modern democracy.

It may be that the growth of modern Democracy, and the impulses underlying it, will become more intelligible if, disregarding the political and juridical aspects, we approach the problem in biological terms.

Their activities were transnational and unbounded by national frameworks, which is how most studies on the creation of modern democracies have been, and continue to be written.

These included the Italian hero, Giuseppe Mazzini (1805 - 1872), who lived at 18 Fulham Road, SW6; 183 North Gower Street, NWI *; 10 Laystall Street, EC1 *, which sports a fine memorial tablet, inscribed «the apostle of modern democracy»; and 5 Hatton Garden, which has a similar memorial.

The conference began by examining two cases from the early days of modern democracies: the United States after the financial panic of 1837 and the UK's famous Geddes Axe in the 1920s.

Truth is Atiku should be celebrated as one the heroes of our modern democracy.

Furthermore, if you look at how to organise the most direct element of modern democracies: the referendum.

So if David Cameron and friends don't enlighten you about the state of modern democracy, why not sneak away and have an amble through this diverse collection of propaganda posters, artefacts, paintings and much more, telling of the city's historic part in Britain's politics — including socialism, the fight for universal suffrage and how it housed Marx and Engels when they began the Communist Manifesto.

«We know that the system as it's currently structured under our state law literally can not keep up with the reality of our modern democracy,» de Blasio said, bemoaning the state's «arcane» electoral laws kept in place by entrenched lawmakers in Albany.

Roads were uncongested, highways were replacing railways and independent transport was viewed as a sign of a modern democracy.

These experiences push scholars outside their comfort zones and provide opportunities to explore the origins, philosophies, and dilemmas of modern democracies.

Papa Figueres led Costa Rica's 1948 Revolution — which ushered in an era of modern democracy.

The bedrock of modern democracy is at stake.