Sentences with phrase «shift of power»

This is so true of violence, but I was also thinking about it in terms of cultural shifts (even shifts of power in the church).

There has been a subtle shift of power back toward the policy holder; we now have the ability to really know whether the offers we are getting represent our best deals.

Homeowners can even shift some of their power use to times when electricity is available at a lower cost.

Since World War II this fundamental shift of power between the political order and the economic order has gone a long way.

«It's a dramatic shift of power,» says Zinner.

David Cameron pledged to reform public services with a radical shift of power, as the campaign continues into its second weekend.

When in power from 2010 to 2015, the coalition proffered a rejection of big government, a reduction in centralised bureaucracy and a significant shift of power from the centre, to councils, communities and people.

On the street it is acknowledged that we are equals but, once back in the surgery - in that uncomfortable position of service provider and client - the receptionists become wary of a potential shift of power and are quick to squash any assumptions of superiority.

During the following half century there has been a massive shift of power from the United Nations to the Bretton Woods institutions.

«The drastic shift of power from the citizen to the government,» he observes, «has rendered obsolete the ultimate remedy for the government's abuses — popular revolution.»

How many times have we heard about a supposed shift of power in north London?

Anyway the premier league is seeing a minor shift of power with West Ham's and Tottenham's rise, and of course the bomb of Leicester winning the title.

This would mean an instant shift of power in almost every EU institution, more notably the European Parliament where seats are distributed to member states according to population.

House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz said the unusual strategy is the result of partisan shifts of power in the legislature.

«I think deBlasio exemplifies this new shift of power and responsibilities to the cities.

Today's political views are based on the right wing shift of power from nobility and aristocracy to capitalism in the 1800s with the change of social class structure that took place as a result of it.

Despite this, her chipper attitude, love for robots and obscure 1950's nostalgia make for some of the funniest and enjoyably grotesque scenes in the film, as well as a paradigm shifting of power to the Kingsman when she destroys all but two agents, Eggsy and Merlin.

Besides data and communications streams in global networks, the exhibition addresses the highly complex and invisible forms of political and economic shifts of power as well as exposes and reflects the omnipresence of surveillance and censorship.

Working with his longtime cinematographer Ed Lachman and shooting on the Super-16 film he favors for its echoes of the movie history of 20th - century America, Haynes charts subtle shifts of power and desire in images that are alternately luminous and oppressive.

We can only hope that this dramatic shift of power will, as the Republican campaign slogan that supposedly tipped the election tagged, Make America Great Again!

For instance we need a radical shift of power to the regions and to shift all of whitehall and Parliament out of London.

Most notably, ESSA represents a significant shift of power from the federal government back to the states.

As it became clear that the ideas of development advocated by Third World nations in the UN General Assembly involved some shift of power from the industrial nations to developing ones, the United States moved the power to act in this field away from the United Nations to the IMF and the World Bank.

But this does not justify the shift of power from the political system which can express the concerns of people for their grandchildren and for the nonhuman world to economic institutions for which these considerations are typically felt as interfering with their primary goals.

More often changes in the social pattern of intellectual emphasis arise from a shift of power from one class or group of classes, to another class or group of classes...

But if these events have not set off alarms, it is even less likely that people would be sensitive to that subtler shift of power that runs to the root of the American regime itself: In one issue after another touching the moral ground of our common life, the power to legislate has been withdrawn from the people themselves, or the «consent of the governed,» and transferred by the judges to their own hands.

Nevertheless, I recognize that the shift of power has gone so far that, for the foreseeable future, corporations will rule the world.

There has been, however, accumulating evidence of negative effects of this shift of power.

In recent years environmentalists have expressed alarm over the effects of this shift of power from governments to TNCs.

The first would be a shifting of the power centers away from New York and Grand Rapids to some unspecified location where the growth of the church will be taking place.

The current season is already one that most Arsenal fans would like to forget about quickly but it could get a lot worse if the shift of power in north London that Tottenham fans have been banging on about and then shutting up about year after year could finally be set to happen, for one year at least.

After Tottenham's defeat to Leicester last night it is a great chance for us to pull a little bit away from our noisy neighbours, especially as just a few weeks ago everyone was talking about a «shift of power» in North London.

And the first game back after the upcoming international break is the derby, which I feel we simply have to win at the Emirates if we are to stop this shift of power in north London becoming more than a one season wonder.

So although many pundits keep going on about «shifts of power» or «as good as Arsenal now» in relation to Spurs or Liverpool, the facts are that the Gunners are actually winning things!

How many times did we get a «shift of power» in North London before they finally finished above us.

Liverpool face two away trips, first to Man City on Boxing Day, then to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea at the weekend, with both games having a massive effect on the shift of power in the top 4.

When a woman knows and trusts her midwife to understand her needs and those of her family, there is a shift of power toward the woman as she takes more control over her care rather than «fitting in» with the system.

«At CIHT we support the shift of power and responsibility from national to local level by creating Local Transport Bodies, as set out in the scheme.»

A shift of power from No 10 to the great offices of state: the Chancellor, the Foreign Secretary (who also would have resigned if Brown tried to move him), the Home Secretary (and heir - even - more - apparent)-- and of course the First Secretary and Grand Panjandrum, Lord Mandelson.

With the shift of power in the Senate [to the Democrats], it's important for Long Island.»

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia is greatly expanding Buffalo School Superintendent Kriner Cash's ability to make changes at certain schools without the approval of the teachers union, continuing the shift of power to a receiver.

Meanwhile, there may be a shifting of power between the few people who control local government these days.

«The shift of power is going to move overwhelmingly to the employer,» Barron said.

The big and important points are that there has been a shift of power towards Labour in the country, and massively towards the Corbynista left within Labour itself.

The vote on Wednesday, 51 to 0, was another sign of the shifts of power that are now reshaping New York politics.

«We are grateful to God for making this shift of power possible and for considering the Ebira,» Mohammed said.

November 2 midterm elections marked a shift of power in Washington, D.C..