Sentences with phrase «political independence from»

Women demanded equal rights, and won greater legal and political independence from men.

Board member Ravi Batra resigned last year because of what he called orchestrated leaks to the media and the board's lack of political independence from Cuomo.

A new poll has shown that only one in five Scots are in favour of political independence from the UK.

The Green rules also permit fusion with other parties that share policy goals and political independence from the corporate parties and their fusion satellite parties.

By the year 1914 political independence from Western peoples was preserved only in the shrinking, badly weakened Turkish Empire; in Arabia, where encroachments had begun in Aden; in Ethiopia, with a precarious insecurity in its mountain fastnesses; in Persia, partly partitioned in Russian and British spheres of influence; in Afghanistan, a mountain buffer state between the British and Russian empires; in Thailand (Siam as it was then known), relatively safe because the British and the French, eyeing each other from Burma and Indo - China, would not permit either to annex it; in China, technically independent, but in fact occupied by Western powers who fixed the tariffs and whose citizens had extraterritorial status, and partially carved into spheres of influence; and in Japan, and from the 1850's into 1890's the independence of Japan had been compromised by the extraterritorial privileges of Westerners and the lack of full tariff autonomy.

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A high degree of independence and insulation from day - to - day political pressures is important for a central bank.

By moving beyond legal reasoning to resolving questions of moral and political values, the Court loses the characteristics of impartiality and independence from politics that are fundamental to its legitimacy.

The people of the nations that have newly won independence from imperial control are exhilarated by the prospect of a brighter future in the political firmament, and peoples whose resources have long been exploited for the enrichment of others now see their own prospects for material improvement happier than ever before.

The principles of academic freedom and of relative independence for education within the political structure do not exclude or excuse those who teach from active participation in political life.

The religious dimension was not ostensibly very evident save for inferred loyalties from the intervention of the Orange Order and from a group of independence supporters advertising their faith to encourage fellow Catholics to join their political cause.

As should be our commitment to the political principle articulated in the Declaration of Independence: «To secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.»

The council called on the new government to «restore constitutional order and affirm citizens» political, economic and other fundamental rights and freedoms» and to assert «the territorial integrity of Ukraine, whose independence is a gift from God and is valued by our entire nation, which is why we have no right to allow for its separation, as this would be a sin before God and future generations.»

Crowds began gathering on the Maidan, Kyiv's Independence Square, in late November 2013 after President Viktor Yanukovych retreated from signing an agreement with the European Union that would have deepened trade relations and opened the way for greater political and military cooperation.

The Assyrians and Babylonians had long been a political threat to the independence of the Hebrew people before the latter finally succumbed to superior force and were either destroyed or dispersed, in the case of the ten northern tribes, by Assyria, or continued, in the case of Judah, in a vassal relationship even after their return from the Babylonian captivity.

And so, during the half - century since the Second World War, two global changes were taking place simultaneously: power was shifting from the European nations to the United States; and the third - world nations were asserting their political independence.

More importantly, the need to regulate such investment stems from the belief that political independence is meaningless if it is not backed by economic independence.

In the political arena, «what will really matter is whether those in power expect more from people's folly than from their wisdom and independence of mind.

In many cases the political emancipation of the countries from colonial rule had expedited the process of younger churches gaining independence from mission control.

In the main, with independence, especially in Greece, ecclesiastical and political autonomy was followed by some recovery from the ebb in the quality of Christian living during Turkish rule.

The City boss has claimed his protest is not political, but humanitarian, although it relates to four Catalans currently being held in prison over the campaign for Catalan independence from Spain.

The political aspects of its work are not well - captured by the principles of independence, neutrality and impartiality that MSF celebrates, an issue that may hinder members of the public from being fully informed about which humanitarian charities best align with their beliefs.

The current British Election Study has collected data from about 4,000 Scots on a variety of political issues — one of which is Scottish independence — and also includes a large amount of background information, including each respondent's placement on the «Big Five» personality dimensions.

In short, the continued possibility of independence may frame political debate within in the UK in negative and corrosive terms, with Scotland's interests understood as distinct from, and potentially in tension with, those of the rest of the UK.

The Politics in Spires blog series «A Separate or United Kingdom» has attempted to contribute to an expanded discussion of the independence debate with voices from across the social sciences, including law, economics, sociology, psychology, human geography, political philosophy, and more.

In this interview, Jim Gallagher discusses the political and constitutional issues arising from the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum.

In short, an assembly with: time; a high degree of independence from political parties; openness, to facilitate wide public engagement; and real agenda - setting power.

All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.

State Chairman Frank MacKay made the following statement following the convention, «The members of the Independence Party represent a cross-section of political views, but we are firmly united in our beliefs that our growing dysfunctional governing bodies in NYS and Washington, DC are deeply in need of reform from the bottom up and the top down.

Following Andrew Rawnsley's resignation today from PoliticsHome, we also feel that the decision to sell a majority stake in PoliticsHome to Michael Ashcroft, the deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, will not ensure the continuing political independence of the website.

Absolutely central to the contemporary civic republican program is the conception of political liberty as non-domination or independence from arbitrary power, and so it makes good sense to begin with an explication of this idea.

The political shifts which destroyed Scottish Labour were clear to everybody apart from the party's figureheads, who remained oblivious to the changing landscape post last year's independence referendum.

And now the reality is that he has all but completely aligned himself with a Conservative party that is sleepwalking its way to European Union exit, has threatened to withdraw from the European convention on human rights and seems hell - bent on pushing Scotland towards independence for short - term political gain.

The Independence party leader, finance minister Bjarni Benediktsson, whose name also appeared in the leaked documents in connection with a Seychelles - based company of which he once owned a third, was holding talks with Grímsson, who flew back early from the US to sound out all of Iceland's parliamentary party representatives as the island's political crisis deepened on Tuesday.

«Bawumia's father joined virtually every political party that existed after independence, from the Northern Peoples Party, then when the minority parties came together to form the United Party (UP), he joined that party as well.

Obasanjo, who traced the nation's socio - economic and political history from independence to date, said the First Republic generation, led by its founding fathers, gave the country independence, but noted with sadness that the present generation had nothing to offer.

The SNP's triumph in turning defeat into political success has spurred on Plaid Cymru, whose goals also concern gaining more powers from Westminster and ultimately independence.

Candidates on the Independence line do not have to take marching orders from political party bosses or follow tooth and nail a restrictive party platform insofar as policy positions and social issues are concerned, instead they are free to make conscious and pragmatic decisions as to what is best for their constituency.

Lems, a paralegal from Herricks, stressed her independence from the major political parties that often rely on major developers and county vendors to raise campaign funds.

A moderate, Massey has promised to incorporate ideas from across the political spectrum and has the backing of the Independence Party.

His manifold political successes — from beating David Davis for the Tory leadership to becoming Prime Minister in 2010, turning back Scottish independence in 2014 and winning an unprecedented majority at the 2015 election — will be wiped from the historical record.

He's slammed the government for its decision to celebrate the birth of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), a political movement that begun the struggle for Ghana's independence from British rule, at a time the country has run out of stock of vaccines against the six killer diseases.

Now, after once again coming up short in last year's elections, Democrats in the mainline conference are making a public show of independence from a governor who, despite sharing their political affiliation, has shown little desire of seeing the conference take the lead in the state Senate.

Politicians from across the political spectrum have come out in the days since Scotland's independence referendum in favour of a constitutional convention to determine the future shape of the UK.

In practice, fusion has become a game for the political elite, with endorsements by «paper parties» like the Working Families Party, Conservative Party, and Independence Party usually earned in back room deals with implicit — or explicit — trades of political favors and campaign cash (a recent NYPIRG investigative report found that the Working Families Party gets most of its money from the Democratic Party).

He told the Financial Times the SNP would use a victory in Holyrood to press for Scottish independence, threatening the union and distracting political energy from the need to revive Scotland's economy.

It's also meant to ensure it doesn't «give the appearance of compromising judicial impartiality and independence (including independence from the political process)» while keeping a judge from taking a position on issues that might ultimately wind up before the courts, he argues in the memo.

According to Latimer, while the Independence endorsement carries weight in Westchester County — it is the county's third - largest political party — it is far from an unexpected developments in what many pundits are expecting to be one of the state races to watch this election cycle.

The National Republican Congressional Committee questioned Democratic challenger Colleen Deacon's independence Thursday after The Citizen reported she received $ 7,000 from House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi's campaign and political action committee.

President Nana Akufo - Addo, whose political history stems from the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), formed on August 4, 1947 to bring about Ghanaian independence, stirred controversy when in his presidential inauguration address he suggested that members of the UGCC including his father Edward Akudo - Addo and uncle, J.B Danquah, were the main brains behind Ghana's independence.

In addition a review of the expenditure reports and donations for the Independence Party that are on public file demonstrated the potential that funds from the Independence Party may have been used for the collection of signatures in the contested Republican Party primary that was being waged by Legislator Frank Sparaco with the help of Clarkstown's Superintendent of Highways, Wayne Ballard, in a continuing strategy to consolidate political power under Vinny Reda and himself and thereby thwart reform.