Sentences with phrase «political roles of an individual»

This photo - etching series epitomizes Camnitzer's ability to question the social and political roles of an individual in society, while also examining a dimension of human psychology by pairing images and text to create new meaning.

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If the left insists on the liberal interpretation of our constitutional and political institutions in an uncompromising effort to defend the ever - expanding role of the state to secure the practical liberty of individuals, the right defends the free - market system and uncompromisingly rejects any restraint on the unfettered economic choices of individuals.

In so doing it helped to promote Christian faith in America, but at the same time it de-emphasized the role of the Church by concentrating on an individual experience, and it also made Christianity a stranger to large segments of American intellectual, cultural, and political life.

In political and social thought, no Christian has ever written a more profound defense of the democratic idea and its component parts, such as the dignity of the person, the sharp distinction between society and the state, the role of practical wisdom, the common good, the transcendent anchoring of human rights, transcendent judgment upon societies, and the interplay of goodness and evil in human individuals and institutions.

According to the United Nation's Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and to experts, disability is the combination of: 1) the individual's impairment; 2) the barriers in the environment (lack of physical and communications accessibility, negative attitudes, absence of laws and specific policies); and 3) the individual's social role (sex, financial situation, access to political participation, etc).

Money has always played an outsize role in political races, but its influence increased in 2014, when an aggregate limit of $ 150,000 on individual donors was struck down in a court, paving the way for a single donor to give the $ 102,300 maximum to more party committees and, ultimately, embattled candidates.

Whereas the role of the individual qua world citizen has hitherto been a weak and intermittent strand in Western cosmopolitan political thought, recent concentrated interest in both the theory of democracy and citizenship in the context of the state is starting to spill over to the global plane.

This suggests a continuation of the anti-developmental practice of «party in government» system (conflation of the ruling party and the government), whereby political appointments are treated as «jobs - for - the boys» or some form of material reward for individuals who played key roles in the election campaign of the president and his party, and an opportunity for them to rake in «rents.»

MSF plays an important role in conflict situations by raising awareness of crisis situations and serving as a witness to speak out, either through public or private channels about the plight of individuals in area of political instability.

Individual «click» choices play a bigger role than Facebook ranking algorithms on what types of political news users see on the site.

In written assignments, students address critical questions about U.S. politics and the role of individual Americans in the politics and political organizations.

The proposal which won Helen the award focuses on the expression of lament; the role of voice and the feeling of mourning or loss, resilience and survival for the individual and the collective drawing on both the political and historical.

Reflecting a central aspect of her work; the role of the voice and the feeling of mourning or loss, resilience and survival, in the political and historical, individual and collective, Cammock wants to focus on how emotion is expressed in Italian culture and society, with a particular focus on opera, classical and folk music, art, poetry, writing and dance.

Addressing the role played by (mis) information within systems of power, and their failures, Fullerton draws his controversial characters from mass media: famous journalists and radio broadcasters, spies and human intelligence gatherers, wrongfully convicted prisoners, figures of political scandals, icons of the media and the Internet... The stories behind these individuals illustrate ideological beliefs, collective rumours, and the failures of regulative systems.

The introduction of an elected mayor of London has undoubtedly increased the political relevancy of local government in the capital, not least due to the charismatic characters of Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson, the two individuals to hold the role since 2000.

These, of course, include chairs, vice-chairs and members of judicial tribunals (or, to use the more common terminology, adjudicative tribunals); chairs and members of regulatory agencies; members of the bureaucracy; politicians; lawyers, paralegals, and community legal workers with experience in acting for users of the system; academics in the fields of both law and political science; students in either of those fields; and, of course, individuals and business that have experienced the system as «parties» before particular tribunals, or who can anticipate that role in the future.