Sentences with phrase «social inequalities by»

The Friends protested against social inequalities by their refusal to wear fine clothing, to use different forms of address in speaking to persons of different social ranks, to lift their hats as a sign of deference, or to recognize ordained ministers as being more fit than common people to receive and transmit the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (the «Inner Light»).

Of course, schools and government will need to address social inequalities by ensuring disadvantaged pupils have access to tech outside of school, another challenge in itself.

Bellegarde, who has been described as «fiery,» promised to decrease economic and social inequality by increasing First Nations» share of resource revenue, as well as advocating for Aboriginal rights (inherent and Treaty rights) and facilitating the process of self - determination.

Not exact matches

«With people of various income levels increasingly divided by geography, income inequality can worsen and the risk of social polarization — and even serious conflict — can grow,» Shiller said recently in an op - ed for Project Syndicate.

But by then, Ireland was battling a host of social problems, including growing inequality and anti-refugee sentiment.

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A political, social, economic policy upheaval that will dramatically alter the playing field for millions of Americans by significantly reducing economic and gender inequality?

Governed by a mixture of centre - left and centre - right governments, with a long centre - left interlude between 2005 and 2013, the famously egalitarian Norwegian social contract is coming apart under the twin pressures of increasing income inequality and booming property prices.

By so doing, we can see the reduction of the inequality in asset distribution within the boomer generation and achieve the social inclusion of the less privileged.

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Thus, a new and healthy inequality will reappear and will give a new dynamism to the economies of developed countries sick of the slumpflation, sickness coming from the combined inheritance of policies inspired by Keynes and Beveridge, i.e. of the anti-cycle intervention of the State (aiming at cushioning) and of the social redistribution.

Modernity's emphasis on secularism involves three elements - a) the desacralisation of nature which produced a nature devoid of spirits preparing the way for its scientific analysis and technological control and use; b) desacralisation of society and state by liberating them from the control of established authority and laws of religion which often gave spiritual sanction to social inequality and stifled freedom of reason and conscience of persons; it was necessary to affirm freedom and equality as fundamental rights of all persons and to enable common action in politics and society by adherents of all religions and none in a religiously pluralistic society; and c) an abandonment of an eternally fixed sacred order of human society enabling ordering of secular social affairs on the basis of rational discussion.

The Philippine organizers of the Global March mention following: widespread poverty and social inequality resulting in the erosion of the family's capacity to nurture and protect children, the rise of informal economy requiring simple skills and technologies, globalization of capitalism where underdeveloped nations provide the rich with cheap labor, disrupted family patterns due to migration, AIDS, etc. and inadequate basic services from government, including education, due to cut of the state budget of non-profit sectors to follow structural adjustment programme dictated by the IMF and the World Bank.

This approach recognizes that the family crisis is caused both by cultural changes and by social - systemic developments in areas of work, economics, child care and gender inequality.

As far as I am concerned, I do not see in religion the mystery of the incarnation but the mystery of social order: it links the idea of inequality to heaven which prevents the rich person from being murdered by the poor.

By Jon Sparkes With terms like «social justice» and «tackling inequality» being used by all main political parties in recent years, and the political rhetoric increasingly shifting to the need for addressing the «root causes» of social issues, one would be inclined to believe that homelessness, one of the most acute forms of poverty, is in declinBy Jon Sparkes With terms like «social justice» and «tackling inequality» being used by all main political parties in recent years, and the political rhetoric increasingly shifting to the need for addressing the «root causes» of social issues, one would be inclined to believe that homelessness, one of the most acute forms of poverty, is in declinby all main political parties in recent years, and the political rhetoric increasingly shifting to the need for addressing the «root causes» of social issues, one would be inclined to believe that homelessness, one of the most acute forms of poverty, is in decline.

It's a tax that only affects the very wealthy, it taxes income that can otherwise go untaxed, people with vast amounts of wealth are already able to minimize its impact, and it helps to increase social mobility (reduce income inequality) by preventing the ultra wealthy from hoarding too much wealth.

The attrition of the public realm; the remorseless growth of inequality; the social pathologies associated with its growth; the humiliations suffered by those at the bottom of the economic pile; the callous indifference of those at the top; the penetration of state institutions by corporate interests; the decline of public trust; and, not least, the hubristic irresponsibility of a sometimes criminal financial sector — all the stigmata of pre-crisis Britain — loom as large as they did before 2008.

It's a tax that only affects the very wealthy, it taxes income that can otherwise go untaxed, people with vast amounts of wealth are already able to minimize its impact, and it helps to increase social mobility (reduce income inequality) by preventing the ultra wealthy from hoarding too much...

«Social - republican property can be distinguished from the more conventional notion of capital ownership, which might be called «liberal private» property, by two features: first, transfer or alienation restraints that confine control of the property to active or potentially active participants in a community constituted by the property, and second, accumulation restraints designed to limit inequality among members of such a community.

The former deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, has condemned this «postcode inequality» and launched a commission led by the Social Market Foundation to tackle it.

The rich tradition of alternative liberalism has much to offer by way of solutions to inexorably widening inequality — as social movements are beginning to realise.

By showing that we are alive to people's concerns, this allows Labour to start having those crucial conversations with the public about what they are really upset about which are things that Labour cares about — pressures on local health and social care services; a lack of local investment and housing; not sharing the wealth and opportunity that London has; systemic inequality; culture; integration.

As a member of the Social Liberal Forum Council and Executive, he published the SLF's acclaimed economic platform, Plan C, and has argued for social liberal approaches to a sustainable economy by serving on two Liberal Democrat policy working groups (Inequality, and Sources of Sustainable Jobs and ProspeSocial Liberal Forum Council and Executive, he published the SLF's acclaimed economic platform, Plan C, and has argued for social liberal approaches to a sustainable economy by serving on two Liberal Democrat policy working groups (Inequality, and Sources of Sustainable Jobs and Prospesocial liberal approaches to a sustainable economy by serving on two Liberal Democrat policy working groups (Inequality, and Sources of Sustainable Jobs and Prosperity).

But now, there appears to be a new emerging thinking on the left that is now beginning to challenge inequalities of power in relation to the citizen and welfare state, which were once believed to be inevitable by social democrats.

«This means following through on the current national health inequalities target on infant mortality and life expectancy which runs to the end of 2011 acknowledges the challenge posed by a social gradient - the lower a person's social position, the worse his or her health.»

The report — «If you could do one thing...» Nine local actions to reduce health inequalities — brings together evidence from a wide range of social sciences, and has been led by a steering group of academic and policy experts.

«Wage inequality, educational inequality and social immobility are all inter-related and are all affected by education, and the rising wage returns to education seem to be a likely mechanism in generating or at least exacerbating these inequalities.»

Elizabeth Warren and Eric Schneiderman, who called for stricter regulation and prosecution of of executives involved in the housing bubble; Bill de Blasio, who won a mayor's race by attacking income inequality and promising to raise taxes on the wealthy to fund social programs.

So, Labour, if it follows Labour Uncut's advice, and avoids this dastardly trap by our Etonian masters, will have accepted social cleansing, greater inequality, etc, not merely as some sort of forced defeat by parliamentary arithmetic, but as a conscious decision, perhaps justified by some notions by some of a «tactical retreat» (don't laugh).

This paper studies the relationship between urban transportation systems and social inequality, discusses sustainable mobility, and offers a case study of challenges presented by transit infrastructure.

An article published in Learning Disability Practice describes a UK framework to help professionals tackle the health and social care inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities.

Economic and Social Outcomes in London and the North of England Since the Recession, by Polina Obolenskaya, Ruth Lupton and Bert Provan, concludes: «The findings suggest not only a need for regional rebalancing of both the economic and social kind, but that economic growth per se can not be relied upon to improve social outcomes in any region — and in particular it can not be relied upon to reduce poverty and inequality.&Social Outcomes in London and the North of England Since the Recession, by Polina Obolenskaya, Ruth Lupton and Bert Provan, concludes: «The findings suggest not only a need for regional rebalancing of both the economic and social kind, but that economic growth per se can not be relied upon to improve social outcomes in any region — and in particular it can not be relied upon to reduce poverty and inequality.&social kind, but that economic growth per se can not be relied upon to improve social outcomes in any region — and in particular it can not be relied upon to reduce poverty and inequality.&social outcomes in any region — and in particular it can not be relied upon to reduce poverty and inequality.»

If market diversification, social class differentiation, and income inequality continue to increase in many areas affected by marine protected areas and other conservation policies, anti-social behaviors could start to dominate and inhibit pro-social behaviors, the researchers said.

Social inequality refers to disparities in the distribution of economic assets and income as well as between the overall quality and luxury of each person's existence within a society, while economic inequality is caused by the unequal accumulation of wealth; social inequality exists because the lack of wealth in certain areas prohibits these people from obtaining the same housing, health care, etc. as the wealthy, in societies where access to these social goods depends on wSocial inequality refers to disparities in the distribution of economic assets and income as well as between the overall quality and luxury of each person's existence within a society, while economic inequality is caused by the unequal accumulation of wealth; social inequality exists because the lack of wealth in certain areas prohibits these people from obtaining the same housing, health care, etc. as the wealthy, in societies where access to these social goods depends on wsocial inequality exists because the lack of wealth in certain areas prohibits these people from obtaining the same housing, health care, etc. as the wealthy, in societies where access to these social goods depends on wsocial goods depends on wealth.

Social and economic inequality, not just formal instruction, strongly affects test scores, and «achievement is known to vary significantly by socioeconomic class and race.»

«When growing social inequality is, partly, driven by a growing biological inequality, inequalities in society may be harder to overcome and the effects of assortative mating may accumulate with each generation.»

By connecting social justice with economic development and sustainability goals, such a Green New Deal would go a long way toward dismantling the fundamental causes of environmental health inequalities.

Unsustainable, inefficient, often violent, and marked by stark inequalities of wealth and opportunity, cities are increasingly vulnerable to social and economic crises, natural disasters, climate change, and other challenges of the coming era.

A paper published in the BMJ Open journal and led by Warwick Medical School suggests social inequalities in salt intake have hardly changed in the period from 2000 - 01 to 2011.

The dimension of female obesity was found to be greater in countries characterized by gender inequality, derived by social or economic data (7).

«We know that the 21st century is, and will continue to be, characterized by the promise of technological innovation, but it will also come together with increasing social chaos and inequality,» said Christopher Tremewan, secretary general of APRU.