Sentences with phrase «of social progress»

We do not want more minority MPs simply to represent minority communities - we want them because they will be an indicator of social progress and make our democracy more legitimate.

For those of us who have lived through the progress of civil rights for many groups, this is not unusual and often part of social progress.

He showed that the minister must also be a leader of social progress.

In this day of so - called «social» thinking, let us insist that this attitude toward individuals is alike a test of character and a necessary basis of social progress.

They write with the benefit of social progress over the past few centuries and they have the power to set the framework.

Part of social progress is understanding that a person is not defined only by one's sexuality, race, or gender.

making the tenth anniversary edition of the EDAs particularly relevant at a time when art — and film, in particular — must be the vanguard of social progress.

A socionomist knows that the stock market is a meter of social mood, which is the engine of social progress and regress.

More recently, the study of happiness furthered the debate in public policy, as many governments brought up the necessity for new measures of social progress.

By championing the potential in all of us, these women have been the backbone of social progress for centuries.

Let's not for a moment forget who we are up against — a politician committed to continuing the dismantling of decades of social progress and facilitating the de facto annexation of Canada by the U.S..

On the eve of developments that would lead to America's entry into the war, Morrison was speaking for a large segment of American Protestantism in his view that one of the greatest of this war's tragedies would be the destruction of social progress — a near - fatal blow to the social gospel.

When the Chinese regime was at the nadir of its brutality, the religious left was hailing it as a bastion of social progress, if not the very kingdom of God on earth.»

The end of communism and the consequent collapse of socialism as the ordering principle of social progress.

At the ceremony, Trump nodded to Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece, activist Alveda King, as he celebrated the African American church «as an agent of social progress» in its willingness to address politics from the pulpit.

And that spiral is not to be shunned or feared but to be welcomed, for it is the dynamic of social progress.

«Our state, which has a beautiful tradition of social progress and community, should not leave anyone outside in freezing temperatures,» Cuomo said on NY1.

«New York is the capital of social progress for the nation,» Cuomo said.

In one white family, the signs of social progress are laid out like layers in an archaeological dig, with three generations of men evolving from bigotry to tolerance in chronological order.

Anything approaching that would be an enormous achievement, unprecedented in the annals of social progress.

Psychologists like Edward Thorndike of Teachers College, Robert Yerkes of Harvard, and Carl Brigham of Princeton insisted that educational science was ushering in a new millennium of social progress and that IQ scores would enable educators to plan each child's education and future with certainty.

In Taiwan, whose Ministry of Education declares, «The gifted brain is the country's most precious resource and core power of social progress,» gifted education is part of the larger special - education program that addresses students on both sides of the talent bell curve.

Henry Wyman Holmes, HGSE's first dean, recalled that Hanus «always viewed education as social process, looking at it in national terms and thinking of schools as an agency and instrument of social progress.»

It's an idea that's resonated with a surprisingly wide swath of American society, from free - marketeers who like the idea of reducing government involvement in education to anti-poverty activists frustrated by the slow rate of social progress.

Spencer's notion of social progress easily melded with Darwin's central insight — that species evolve through a process of adaptive selection — and the resulting theory saw a competition within and among human societies based on the «survival of the fittest.»

A symbol of social progress, Berlin has those kinds of attractions and charming districts that dazzle visitors.

Conor McGrady's works in gouache examine architectonic hybrids, where the modernist vision of architecture as the embodiment of social progress is merged with that of the fortification or military bunker.

Reflecting a spirit of social progress, it offered affordable art to all.

Holly Ward is a Vancouver - based artist whose interdisciplinary practice examines representations of social progress and the utopian imaginary.

That winsome fantasy — that art is both symptom and fuel of social progress — is everywhere on display in «The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film.»

The term was reportedly first applied to visual art in the early 19th century by the French political writer Henri de Saint - Simon, who declared that artists served as the avant - garde in the general movement of social progress, ahead of scientists and other classes.

The World Happiness Report 2015 takes a look at well - being for the good of social progress and public policy.

The purpose of this work is to open a discussion on how complementarities and co-dependence between child well - being goals might inform more wide ranging, cross-sectoral, policy responses to suites of social progress indicators / policy targets.

I am thrilled that for this year's awards, our AWFJ members voted to honor such a diverse array of talent and to recognize those who are leading with their voices to put an end to long time misconduct making the 2017 EDA Awards particularly relevant when art and film must be the vanguard of social progress.»

After all, progressives tend to assume that ambitious programs and policies are the engine of social progress.

One extension of the socially inculcated materialist bias is a certain view of novelty and change as both a telos and measure of social progress: the valorisation of consumption and accumulation, and the acceleration through advancing technology of ever more transactional forms of relating to others, has left a legacy of insatiable desire, and a need for permanent «churning» activity aimed at meeting it.

Despite what is traditionally conceived of as progress, for example, economic growth, material productivity, etc, countries are now tracking other indicators of social progress and the level of their responses to local and global challenges, for example, poverty, violence, corruption and sustainability.