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Moreover, China’s intellectual circles are being pluralized, owing to the emergence of ideologies such as the New Left, democratic socialism, nationalism, neo-Confucianism, and new liberalism, while political discourse is permeating society more widely through foreign reporting and social media like Weibo, a Chinese microblogging Web site that resembles Twitter.
But Barroso’s declaration directs discourse relating to the democratic deficit in a specific direction – one that will likely resemble the European Parliament’s transition from an appointment-based system to direct election.
It is an approach that I believe should inform every country’s policy discourse.
If it does, Costa Rica, despite its small size, will be a beacon of hope for the future, showing that another world is possible, one where Enlightenment values – reason, rational discourse, science, and freedom – flourish, to the benefit of all.
Only then will productive discourse – the kind that does not end in government shutdown – be possible.
Her meetings became more electric, her discourse more brutal.
The official discourse is entrenched in statism and centralism, with growing disregard for democratic principles and procedures.
The growing realism of the government’s internal – and public – discourse is no small matter.
In the past, despite South Africa’s strident political discourse, strong leadership and stakeholder engagement enabled social partners to find common ground.
And in many countries, public discourse is dominated by talk of globalization’s alleged “losers,” and the perceived need for new policies to stem the rise of populist discontent.
With the eurozone stuck in a seemingly never-ending recession, the idea that growth-enhancing investment is crucial for a sustainable recovery has become deeply entrenched in public discourse.
This discourse has driven some local authorities to build monuments to Stalin and Ivan the Terrible, while the federal authorities have ceremoniously erected a monument to Vladimir the Great, who brought Orthodoxy to Kievan Rus.
What is missing from the diplomatic discourse is a strong framework to hold governments and development partners accountable for translating lofty ideals like human rights – particularly the right to access basic health and social services – into practical solutions.
OONI data can help enrich public discourse about the legality, necessity, and proportionality of Internet censorship.
Trade negotiators struggled to make headway, while anti-globalization groups seized control of the public discourse, presenting the TTIP as a threat to everything from Europe’s democracy to its health.
Thus, intellectual property rights can jeopardize the web of scientific discourse that makes research and development effective.
While opponents of globalization still fight “neo-liberal” policies, political discourse has taken a new turn.
No one, man or woman, can today aspire to setting the tone of public discourse without recognizing that politics is no longer only a man’s game.
Phrases like “apartheid state” and “Zionism is racism,” unthinkable in liberal discourse a few years ago, have become routine.
When the supposedly most enlightened and liberal of those constituencies resorts to illiberal discourse and intolerant measures, tendencies toward bigotry and ideological irrationality are reinforced.
Radio call-in shows have burgeoned and public discourse is at its most lively.
Aware of this, the “nationalist international” driven by US President Donald Trump and his ideological fellow travelers has mobilized anxiety and alienation to launch a (somewhat paradoxical) crusade to globalize their particular anti-globalization discourse.
There was a need for such terms back then, because their crackpot counterparts held much greater sway in general discourse.
Karl Popper’s approach to politics, one of reason and critical discourse, had come to prevail.
Those books are not just academic discourse, but mirror real developments.
In the interest of enlightened discourse, the limits of free speech should be drawn as widely as possible.
The New Delhi ConsensusNEW DELHI – One of the more remarkable (though largely unremarked) developments in recent Indian politics has been the startling shift in the country’s discourse about capitalism.
Of course, one explanation for the prolonged bilateral freeze is the warped discourse of what George W. Bush foolishly called the “global war on terror,” in which Iran, along with Iraq and North Korea, was cast as part of an international “axis of evil.”
As a result, its discourse takes an obsessive turn – usually sooner rather than later – in the direction of ethno-nationalism, racism, and religious war.
Although this grassroots response adhered to the government's anti-war stand, it remains surprising in a country that discourages unscripted political discourse.
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