Sentences with phrase «tribal politics»

Tribal sovereignty and tribal politics have kept the Crow largely out of the eye of the storm on fossil fuels extraction, as jobs are hard to come by, political allies are able to keep jobs and others are not, and the cloak of invisibility which covers tribal sovereignty is likely to be used to keep others out.

What if there's a database entry that goes even deeper into the tribal politics that are so interesting?

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has mounted a spirited defence for the Presidential Candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), saying he is not a person who engages in tribal politics.

The NPP's flagbearer, Nana Akufo - Addo, has for long been tagged by the NDC as someone who condones tribal politics because of some comments he is alleged to have made in the past.

The Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) vice Presidential nominee, Brigitte Dzogbenuku is on a campaign tour of the Northern Region and has condemned tribal politics in the country.

Dr. Bawumia who made the remark on Sunday at a mini-rally at Buipe in the Yapei - Kusawgu constituency of the Northern region also accused the NDC of indulging in tribal politics.

Again, a life time in tribal politics doesn't necessarily qualify one to take on some of the challenges posed by a more tradition left / right issue based agenda.

As the campaign intensify, he said it is the responsibility of all politicians to abstain from tribal politics which he noted could plunge the nation into chaos.

The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary candidate for the Yagaba - Kubori constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Abdul Rauf Tanko has called for ceasefire on tribal politics.

Just like in any other country, in Ghana people want to be told that regional or tribal politics do not exist.

Likewise acknowledging that tribal politics exist will kick start our renew of once upon a time of One Ghana - One Nation.

When exactly did the issue of tribal politics start and why?

And people ask me: «You are doing tribal politics; if northerners alone should vote for you will you win?»

It's not tribal politics.

Of the 31 seats in the Northern region, because we do tribal politics, we won zero; and of the 11 seats in Upper West, because we do tribal politics, we won zero.

Tribal politics and resolving decades - old disputes with the Indian nations aside, Cuomo has to also contend with state lawmakers, who also want some influence in the process.

«They say we should not do tribal politics.

That's the President's home region; the Northern region where he played tribal politics.

I have said, «Don't do tribal politics but vote tribally,»» he added.

Don't do tribal politics but vote on tribal lines, that's the message from the Chairman of the People's National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah to electorate ahead of the November polls.

Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akuffo - Addo has charged Ghanaians to stand against tribal politics in the country.

«It's all about his tribal politics, satisfying this or that group in his conference that keeps him in power — and nothing more.»

Did the hung election result mean the public want to see an end to tribal politics?

Do you really believe, in that return to a more strongly tribal politics, which party is best placed to mobilise 40 % of the vote, with the ground machine and the funding base to do that.

The individuals conducting or leading an insurgency are usually seasoned politicians, well - versed in tribal politics and the logistics of small - scale violence and regional warfare.

It refers to the electorate's frustration with the dominance of traditional tribal politics — therefore voting for an alternative candidate.

«It's all about his tribal politics, satisfying this or that group in his conference that keeps him in power — and nothing more,» said an administration source.

He is focused on raising standards not playing tribal politics, which is smart politics.

According to him, the PNP would not involve in any form of tribal politics but would serve the interests of the nation Togo.

Nana Addo has condemned Mahama, who is seeking re-election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), for engaging in tribal politics.

Not exact matches

We evolved to be tribal, and politics is a competition among coalitions of tribes.

But it came to be associated not only with religious but also with caste political overtones, and came into conflict with the anti-Brahmin movements of depressed castes who were organizing separately for separate political strength to bring about cultural and social change aimed at elevating their status in the body politic; it also made the conversion into other religious communities, of the depressed sections of Hinduism as well as of the Tribals partially Hinduised and moving more fully in that direction, to be seen as a weakening of the Hindu community and a strengthening of other religious communities as political entities.

While whites are a majority in the district, Liu's name recognition could overcome the tribal nature of politics in Queens; where people tend to vote according to race.

Furthermore, Stavisky also has enough clout in many sections of the Asian community to bridge the tribal nature of local politics, a bridge that may prove too long for S.J, even if he has some IDC help along the way.

• They introduced tribal violence into our body politic.

I though politics was about getting results from the people, putting your constituents over your party, not this ideology of party first and the tribal mentality of the mainstreams.

It seems to me that too few have grasped how the fundamentals of British politics are changing — how public loyalty to the main parties is in decline, how issues are now more important than old tribal allegiances and how the rise of new concerns such as nationalism and immigration cut across old party divides.

Mr Balls was also asked whether he was a «tribal» politician unsuited to a «new politics» of coalition building.

Politics is tribal.

In the tribal world of party politics, MPs and party members are often wary of any change tabled by their opponents.

That is what we are in politics for: to challenge those basic tribal divisions that have served the country so badly.»

(That list covers a lot of bases, touching almost every key voting bloc in the highly tribal world of NYC politics — from women and Latinos to African Americans and labor to progressive / liberal Democrats and Jews).

Entering into any coalition offends people who are tribal in their politics.

But remember that all politics is tribal in New York and that even reform - minded voters often choose candidates from their community.

The NPP flagbearer, thus urged all Ghanaians, to «turn our backs on tribal language, and turn our backs on the politics of reaction and the politics of yesterday.

I think that's what politics involves, being grown up, not being tribal.

Why are we so predictable and tribal in our politics?

Exploring the tribal world of US politics, moral psychologist Jonathan Haidt found that self - righteousness is an essential part of being human

Genocide, tribal warfare, galactic politics and rebellion all have a part to play.

Animated by flânerie — the idle, detached observation of street life that 19th - century writers associated with the rise of modern cities, that was an important strategy of the French Impressionists — and making reference to African tribal art, Ward's oeuvre resonates with the Barnes collection and speaks with penetrating insight and imagination to a broad range of subjects, including black history and culture, the dynamics of power and politics, and Caribbean diaspora identity.