Sentences with phrase «on public attitude»

How much of it comes under public control will depend a great deal on public attitudes.

Although many might think that the disintegration of Narc was less important than the periods of electoral violence, it had a profound effect on public attitudes towards elections and their leaders.

British Future argues, in a publication to be released this autumn focusing on public attitudes to immigration, that offering an in / out EU referendum is a prerequisite for any party that wants to be trusted on the issue.

Edward's recent work has focused on public attitudes to metro mayors and the powers and prerogatives of the new mayoral offices being created in English city regions.

Hammering on that faultline with the language of shirkers and strivers will have long - term impacts on public attitudes, on attitudes of one neighbour against another.

Economists also uncovered a failure to consider available data on public attitudes regarding water - quality protection that supports the credibility of the wetlands benefits in the 2015 analysis.

The section, which was part of the unedited chapter on public attitudes toward science and technology, notes that 45 % of Americans in 2008 answered true to the statement, «Human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals.»

The use of the word «medical» seems to have an even larger impact on public attitudes.

Americans» support for using public funds to pay for students to attend private schools apparently was growing even before the U.S. Supreme Court's June decision upholding the Cleveland voucher plan, findings from this year's Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup poll on public attitudes about education suggest.

Does ignorance about these factual matters bear on public attitudes toward school spending?

The PDK / Gallup poll on public attitudes toward education is published each September.

Howell and West also studied the affects on public attitudes toward charter schools when accurate information is made available.

«Most Americans misunderstand charter schools,» was the finding of the 2014 PDK / Gallup poll on public attitudes toward education.

My view is that the supposed impact of skeptics on public attitudes is largely incorrect.

Here's a section in which he asserts that many climate campaigners and climate scientists are overly concerned about the impact of denialists on public attitudes:

Vancouver, BC — EthicalOil.org today issued the following Reality Check: Today, a group of anti-Canadian pipeline protest groups released a 9 - month old poll on public attitudes regarding their foreign funding from foreign billionaire puppetmasters: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/foreign-funding-poll-british-columbians-worried-about-foreign-investment-canadian-resources-1604401.htm «The problem,» said Kathryn Marshall, spokesperson for EthicalOil.org and the new OurDecision.ca, «is that the poll was conducted 9 months... Continue Reading»

The fateful page was in a routine public opinion poll and proposal for a related campaign of the type that EEI regularly commissioned, this year on public attitudes about global warming.

As with much social science dealing with matters of climate change, the survey seems to have less to do with shedding light on public attitudes and behaviour and more to do with trying to change them:

The Ceres poll, conducted by Hart Research Associates and the GS Strategy Group, focuses on public attitudes toward the EPA in general, and then on two proposed rules that would would prevent different kinds of pollution.

The coalition will make arguments about the impact of Justice Camp's behaviour on survivors and on public attitudes about sexual assault, and about the legal protections for sexual assault complainants that Justice Camp allegedly ignored.

An article in the OBA magazine introducing Why I Went to Law School notes: «This is a campaign borne out of research the OBA conducted on public attitudes toward lawyers.

This experimental study examines the impact of five key features of the core story of early childhood development on public attitudes and policy preferences.

Not exact matches

While it's still unclear if Session's views will translate into changes in policy or enforcement, this attitude shift at the federal level doesn't align with public opinion on the issue.

That sort of attitude has been missing in this presidential election, in which a large portion of the American public has been encouraged to blame their financial struggles on free trade agreements like NAFTA.

Even in conservative parts of the country, where public attitude about gay rights differs from more liberal areas of the country, employer actions that allow discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation can lead to a lawsuit that the employer could lose.

Tvert says it's «not really a matter of Republicans versus Democrats» because there are members of either party who are «more progressive» on the legalization debate than others, «but public attitudes are clearly shifting... and it's only a matter of time before that is reflected in laws nationwide.»

In - depth analyses of elite and public opinion survey data from the United States and China on a wide range of security issues provide nuanced and far - reaching insights into the potential effects of these attitudes on the U.S. - China relationship.

The poll on education funding, done by Environics Research for the Alberta Teachers Association, dealt only with public attitudes about public funding for private schools.

We know Sullivan does not really believe this, because his entire argument in favor of legalized homosexual marriage hinges on the recognition that public law is the most powerful tool for shaping individual attitudes.

But we are living in a world where this government has promoted an attitude to life which now aspires not simply to referee public behavior but to control the very thoughts we have and to decide on that basis whether we are legitimate members of society or not.

This attitude has also been held among scientists until recently, when the creationist pressures on public education and policy became so threatening that some scientists founded a new journal, Creation / Evolution, a «Committee of Correspondence» and a Creation / Evolution News letter, aimed at defending evolutionary science and dismantling creationist arguments.

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For instance, a hypothetical public high school teacher who advanced New Age ideas and attitudes under a neutral or secular wrapping would be far less vulnerable to legal challenge than would be a teacher who spoke of God by name or who expounded on the biblical foundations of Western thought.

Beliefs and ways of life, save in respect to certain minimal attitudes and practices without which social life could not successfully be carried on, are matters of private rather than public business.

I've heard or read varying degrees of that same attitude when it comes to some of the conversations about «biblical» womanhood as people heap guilt on mothers or fathers for everything from choosing public school education to relying on babysitters or daycare, from Sunday School to family structures.

As I flew back from Dublin to Edinburgh I read the Sunday edition of the Irish Independent the headline of which was «POLL: Act Now on Abortion say voters» with the story continuing: «The most seismic shift [in the Irish public's attitude to abortion] is that a clear majority (56 %) now favour a new referendum to repeal the current position, which gives equal right to life to the mother and foetus.»

Another tactic to insure real debate would be to ask candidates to confront one another on TV for three hours; after the first hour or so, candidates could no longer dodge questions or avoid revealing their real attitudes and thinking processes to the public.

Professor Donnan says studies show that when people return from a shared training session or public event there is scant long - term effect on attitudes.

It would be interesting to see if this fear of the opposite sex is occurring elsewhere, like Europe; I can't find any research on it but it's clear that Europeans generally have much healthier and relaxed attitudes about sex, and European women are eager to participate in public life.

I think women are becoming more comfortable in telling others that they are still nursing older babies so hopefully there will be a shift in attitudes but I have recently «lost» a few facebook followers after posting a status regarding full - term breastfeeding (I think they were most likely from a giveaway I did ages ago and not on the same page re: bf etc) Apart from that, I love telling Mums on the ward (I'm a bf peer supporter) I'm still feeding as it opens their mind to that possibility and I think I look pretty normal so it mostly doesn't freak them out My son is far too busy to nurse out and about and prefers juice so we've not nursed in public (apart from support group) since he was 18 mths and that was as I had a blocked duct!

I definitely think there is a stigma surrounding breastfeeding in public and it is such a shame this negative attitude is having an effect on the UK's breastfeeding rates.

These seemingly conflicting attitudes shed light on the many specific opinions toward breastfeeding that nursing moms face when they try to feed their babies in public.

In this role, she utilizes digital media to connect online audiences to FRAC, in order to inform, educate, and influence public attitudes on hunger.

Recently, we heard of a mom kicked out for breastfeeding on flight, showing that public attitudes to nursing in public are still quite negative.

Since 1999, breastfeeding questions have been included to collect information on public beliefs and attitudes about breastfeeding.

Ingram and Johnson worked with fathers to increase breastfeeding support for mothers and found that fathers» attitudes to breastfeeding in public and knowing how much milk the baby was getting had the most influence on whether they supported their partner to continue to breastfeed [52].

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

Wouldn't the pressure be on to reflect back existing public attitudes rather than to challenge them where they need challenging?

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He conducts research on political attitudes, public opinion and elections with a particular interest in campaigns, political representation and electoral accountability.