Sentences with phrase «progressive policy idea»

To date, the Mayor has gotten one signature progressive policy idea passed in Albany during year one.

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First, the term acquired distinct meaning in the late «90s domestic political discourse of Hungary and is specifically used to describe thinking and politics associated with neoliberal economic policies and a set of progressive social and cultural ideas.

Smith said New York's history as a laboratory for ideas and policies gave the state a reputation of strength, but the progressive nature of New York politics also created a divide between the East and the West coasts during the»40s.

We are attracted by the idea of coalitions between progressives, especially if they result in electoral reform, genuine reform of the House of Lords and of the City, legislation for fixed - term parliaments, stronger civil liberties, an enhanced Freedom of Information Act, closer ties with Europe, a multilateral foreign policy and withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Common Platform is an ideas and policies space to bring together the best progressive thinking of our times - and to build the relationships that will make the next progressive...

Through our national and regional events and regular publications, we seek to promote open debate and discussion of progressive ideas and policies.

The goal is to cultivate a robust web of organizations that will foster progressive ideas in such areas as economics, health care, foreign policy, and education, said...

But Ravitch's book reveals that as necessary as these changes may be, revitalizing our schools ultimately depends more on restoring liberal education to its rightful place at the center of the American curriculum and breaking the grip of harmful progressive ideas (particularly the progressive antipathy to subject matter) on educational policy and practice.

Again, teacher empowerment was a core idea of the Progressive Policy Institute report.

It's an idea that is spreading, according to David Osborne of Reinventing Government fame, who now runs the education reform project at the Progressive Policy Institute.

They provide you with hard - hitting, controversial, insightful, thoughtful, provocative and progressive ideas on Canadian and global politics, institutions, rights, policies, systems, values, culture and diversity.

The Greens have provided thoughtful ideas and support for progressive health policies in areas including primary care, prevention and dental health.

Since the realization of most human rights is at least partly constrained by the availability of scarce resources, and since this constraint can not be eliminated overnight, the international human rights law explicitly allows for progressive realization of rights... While the idea of progressive achievement is common to all approaches to policy - making, the distinctiveness of the human rights approach is that it imposes certain conditions on the behaviour of the State so that it can not use progressive realization as an excuse for deferring or relaxing its efforts.