Sentences with phrase «political change of direction»

Every change of government, every political change of direction presents challenges.

Not exact matches

But it came to be associated not only with religious but also with caste political overtones, and came into conflict with the anti-Brahmin movements of depressed castes who were organizing separately for separate political strength to bring about cultural and social change aimed at elevating their status in the body politic; it also made the conversion into other religious communities, of the depressed sections of Hinduism as well as of the Tribals partially Hinduised and moving more fully in that direction, to be seen as a weakening of the Hindu community and a strengthening of other religious communities as political entities.

The change in the apportionment of power in the direction of decentralization must be accompanied by a continuous change in the nature of power, and political Government transformed into social Administration as far as the particular conditions permit.

The economic and political battles against communism, by returning liberalism to its original course, certainly changed the direction of modernity.

Models provide a kind of map for thinking about the overall direction of political change, which is undeniably useful, but these theories require considerable fleshing out in terms of their understanding of social life.

New Labour took an uncritical view of globalisation that fetishised change for its own sake and, whilst it achieved much in office, a new political climate calls for new ideas and a new direction.

Indeed there is no doubt that the future direction of the European Union will have a major impact on the political landscape of the UK: Completion of the single market, enlargement, climate change and security are some of the salient challenges which Member States will confront over the coming years and we as British Conservatives should be at the forefront of those advocating sensible and workable solutions.

«The road to Westminster is covered in the skid marks of political parties changing direction,» said the business secretary and erstwhile craggy poster boy of Lib Dem integrity.

Later that evening, the general election exit polls were released, causing shockwaves across the British political establishment and raising the prospect of not only a change of government, but a change of direction.

Many politicians and political parties change with the wind, and move in the direction of least resistance.

«All who believe in social justice, in equality and in democracy and are concerned about the future of our children and young people will recognise the need for a change of political direction after the 2015 General Election.»

The message is clear: we need a complete change of political direction.

Bernie Sanders's political revolution is predicated in part on mobilizing the public to change the direction of the country.

Its curatorial direction changes from year to year, often moving to reflect the political temperature and aesthetic moods of its time.

After a few years, he became interested in calligraphy and realized that he needed to change the direction of his work, since he believed that writing his name all over Beirut was not very much different from what political parties were doing.

In Liquidity inc., Steyerl makes one of her characteristic intellectual leaps and connects extreme financial events to extreme climate events: the jet stream of money changes direction when the Dow Jones collapses, then suddenly a gonzo weather forecaster, masked in black, is gesturing across the most political of politically geographical maps you ever saw — noting failed states and off - shore tax havens, isobars indicating flows of capital rather than weather fronts.

So science goes only in one direction (always towards a better understanding of physical reality), while politics can (and do change in fashion), based, at least in democracies, on the popularity of political POVs..

The Taskforce is comprised of eminent scientists, business leaders, policy advisers and political leaders drawn from around the world.5 Its purpose is to recommend to all governments a framework for managing climate change responses that is truly global, provides long - term direction, and is genuinely responsive to the scale of the problem.

Building on this critique, Speth goes on to conclude in his book that: (1) «today's system of political economy, referred to here as modern capitalism, is destructive of the environment, and not in a minor way but in a way that profoundly threatens the planet» (2) «the affluent societies have reached or soon will reach the point where, as Keynes put it, the economic problem has been solved... there is enough to go around» (3) «in the more affluent societies, modern capitalism is no longer enhancing human well - being» (4) «the international social movement for change — which refers to itself as «the irresistible rise of global anti-capitalism» — is stronger than many imagine and will grow stronger; there is a coalescing of forces: peace, social justice, community, ecology, feminism — a movement of movements» (5) «people and groups are busily planting the seeds of change through a host of alternative arrangements, and still other attractive directions for upgrading to a new operating system have been identified» (6) «the end of the Cold War... opens the door... for the questioning of today's capitalism.»

There are many believers out there (I suspect they will be last to change their views), there are also many people who dislike appearing contrary (this group are there to be swayed) persuading people that it is alright to assess for themselves the evidence is fundamental to changing the direction of the political & scientific consensus.

Its former CEO, Aubrey McClendon, once wrote a contribution check to then - Governor Corbett that «arguably changed not just the history but also the political direction of the state.»

«In the current political climate [where climate change is often denied],» said Sivan Kartha, a senior scientist with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), «even a vague and demonstrably incorrect perception of the IPCC as biased toward the «alarmist» direction is quite distracting and unhelpful.»

Right - wing speakers seemed pulled in opposite directions by the twin realities of a changing climate, which is beginning to hit gas companies» bottom lines, juxtaposed against the raw political power of a Trump administration packed with climate change deniers of different stripes.

In any case, trying to sheet home blame for the complete inadequacies in the response of mainstream political parties and institutions to serious global issues like climate change on the extremist of Right, Left and Green (which, despite the tendencies in that direction, doesn't strictly follow Left ideologies) looks increasingly like scapegoating.

Professor White suggests that it does matter how opinions are written because they have important consequences for the parties in a particular case and for the future.29 He further argues that a crucial part of legal activity is the criticism of opinions on rational, political, and moral grounds because that is how relevant arguments are made in support of changing or retaining current rules of law.30 For him, the bigger question «is whether law will move in the direction of trivializing human experience, and itself, or in the direction of dignifying itself and that experience.»

It will come as no surprise to anyone tuned into the current political situation in Canada that changes in our criminal laws over the last several years have been consistently in a single direction: that of creating more offences and imposing stiffer penalties.