Sentences with phrase «used by democracy»

But are these two examples of violence» that inflicted by terrorism on democracy and that used by democracy to fight terrorism» inherently equivalent?

Not exact matches

«We are really motivated by using technology in an egalitarian way, unlocking democracy.»

The essential concept of the public sphere is under siege from legal and extra-legal adversaries alike seeking to divide and conquer democracies by microtargeting neighbors into parallel realities using the tools of internet advertising and social media marketing.

Other Uses of Funds In view of the near impossibility of replicating the debt cancellations of prior millennia in the modern context, we have re-interpreted the prior objective of seeking to sustain a property - owning democracy in terms of equity participation by the State to enable any (young) person to afford the down - payment for a home, to finance a start - up business, and to benefit (if academically gifted) from tertiary education.

First, as the title of a key chapter puts it, the American example shows that religion can «Make Use of Democratic Instincts» in a manner mutually beneficial to itself and democracy; second, sustainable democracy needs religion, which means we can expect democratic peoples to remain attached to its continuance or at least potentially receptive to its revival (cf. II, 2.17, # s 17 - 20); third, democratic times, because they are enlightened times, tend to be ones of increasing doubts about religion; fourth, the relevant religion for America and Europe, Christianity, will be tugged against and perhaps eroded by powerful and ongoing democratic currents toward liberationist and materialist mores; and fifth, religion's authority in democratic society will always rest upon common opinion.

Fundamentalist Islam is at war with the West and its values of intellectual and civil freedom and democracy — and it actually takes advantage of those liberties to advance its Jihad «holy war» by using tax breaks for religions to erect edifices or get subsidies for large Muslim families that are used to sway Western democracies, and, yes, suing for the right even to build a fundamentalist mosque at Ground Zero.

«First, the word democracy, as used by modern peoples, has a wider meaning than in the classical treatises on the science of government.

A philosphical foundation for democracy that is neither understood nor accepted by the people who constitute the democracy in question is of limited use in sustaining that democracy.

The spate of unwarranted witch hunt, bully and harassment of political opponents under the guise of the fight against corruption by the Akufo - Addo administration, using state investigative agencies is dangerous to our democracy.

We should consider ourselves lucky that the Islamists can't claim any of the credit, but neither can the Western democracies.A somewhat similar situation is developing in Egypt...» «Support for peaceful reform by the people themselves is the right way to promote democracy, not the use of force.

Raise of unskilled persons into the government head by using the democracy's weaknesses (corruption or favoritism) destroying the economy.

The engagement of citizens in the early stages of policy discussion and formulation should become the new norm — possibly, by extending our concept of democracy beyond the trustee, and even beyond the delegate model, to a more direct form that makes innovative use of new technologies.

If the success of a representative democracy hinges on the informed consent of the governed, it is critical that the public know as much as possible about the information used and the processes by which its representatives spend tax dollars and act on policy recommendations.

That I get consulted on party policy making a fair bit is actually really cool, I love the idealistic democracy they operate by, and am using it.

Progressivism, a populist reform movement in the early twentieth century, espoused by Presidents like Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, and grounded in Protestant moralism, which sought to make government both more responsive to the plight of the people, for instance using Constitutional amendments to deal with social problems like alcoholism and using government force to quash monopolies, and at the same time more representative of the will of the electorate, for instance instituting more democracy like the direct election of Senators and ending the corruption of Machine politics in the cities.

The Campaign for Labour Party Democracy has produced a draft motion which you may wish to use as a basis for a response by your constituency party, members branch or trade union branch on the introduction of primaries:

«This attempt to subvert democracy, by using public funds to pay for political campaigning, brings the whole democratic process into disrepute.»

The Campaign for Labour Party Democracy has produced a draft motion which you may wish to use as a basis for a response by your constituency party, members branch or trade union branch on the Labour Party - Trade Union link:

In contrast to their one - on - one televised debates, which have consisted largely of Stringer alluding to the «black socks» prostitution scandal that ended Spitzer's career as governor (and Spitzer countering by pointing to the array of entrenched financial interests who along with Lena Dunham are backing his opponent), the candidates used this forum (co-hosted by Democracy for NYC, Living Liberally, and ACT NOW) to fill out their visions for how the office might be more of a progressive force than it has been under incumbent John Liu, the longshot Democratic mayoral hopeful.

A spokeswoman for Stringer countered that Spitzer's the one who's trampling on democracy by trying to «use his personal fortune to try and buy this election wholesale.»

Because it is the historic colour of democracy and the franchise in this country - it was the colour used by suffragettes in their campaign for the vote.

by Roland Laird with Taneshia Nash Laird Illustrated by Elihu «Adofo» Bay Foreword by Charles Johnson Sterling Publishing Paperback, $ 14.95 240 pages, illustrated ISBN: 978 -1-4027-6226-0 Book Review by Kam Williams «One of the invaluable features of Still I Rise, the first cartoon history of black America, is the wealth of information it provides about the marginalized — and often suppressed — political, economic and cultural contributions black people have made on this continent since the 17th C... Using pictures, it transports us back through time, enabling us to see how dependent American colonists were on the agricultural sophistication of African slaves and indentured servants; how blacks fought and died for freedom during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars; and how, in ways both small and large, black genius shaped the evolution of democracy, the arts and sciences, and the English language in America, despite staggering racial and social obstacles.

What this is really about is how Big Data could be used by a criminal organization to subvert democracy for their own gains.

But Mathematica's study, using the most conservative interpretation of its data, found that «Democracy Prep increases the voter registration rates of its students by about 16 percentage points and increases the voting rates of its students by about 12 percentage points.»

Democracy Web is composed of an interactive world map and an online study guide developed by the Albert Shanker Institute and Freedom House for use by teachers, professors, and their upper secondary - and lower college - level students.

Responding to Difference in Democracy Use this lesson to help students navigate religious and political differences in a democracy by exploring poetry and listening to aDemocracy Use this lesson to help students navigate religious and political differences in a democracy by exploring poetry and listening to ademocracy by exploring poetry and listening to a podcast.

According to the report released by the Bureau of Democracy, and used by the experts from custom essay help site, Indonesian government recognizes the existence of isolated communities; nevertheless, no progress is made to stop widespread discrimination and disrespectful attitude towards their traditional values (2005).

Investors who buy index mutual funds through brokers are paying a steep «broker penalty» by being sold funds with much higher operating expense fees even before adding the distribution fees related to the cost of using the broker, according to a major new study by the Zero Alpha Group (ZAG) and Fund Democracy.

McMillian juxtaposes these sculptures with works such as Untitled (The Supreme Court Painting)(2004 - 06) that challenge the terms that government and the media use to discuss justice, democracy and the rights of citizens in their private space, especially as these political ideals are experienced by African Americans.

The Overton window is an approach to identify which ideas define the domain of acceptability within a democracy's possible governmental policies and is used by proponents of policies outside the window to educate the public in order to shift or expand the window.

But that is the nature of a «boisterous democracy,» to use a description applied to both the United States and India by Jairam Ramesh, India's environment minister.

On Tuesday, the Center for Media and Democracy released a new short film that sets out to debunk the many false claims — the films calls them «pipeLIES» — used by promoters of the Keystone XL pipeline.

Lack of Democracy and Professionalism by the current leaders and the governors of HRPA: The current HRPA organization has used reprisals and threats against anyone within the Association who opposes Bill 138.

The issues surrounding fake news are complex: first, you have world leaders using the term «fake news» as a way to deligitamise all media coverage of their regimes, and then there is the widespread sharing of misinformation, either by unwitting participants or actors hoping to interfere with democracy.

We have yet to really reckon with how completely transformed our worlds have become, even as the tricks of the recent analog past are used, updated with new tech, against both America and democracy by authoritarian opponents.

The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,