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In this system, the EU’s role – defending the European values of media freedom and pluralism – is further justified by the need to protect its own representative democracy.
After all, free and democratic European parliamentary elections could be called into question if some of the member states in which they are held lack media freedom and pluralism.
The point of departure for Western students – freedom of speech and assembly, ideological pluralism, and a democratic political system – was, for their Eastern colleagues, a distant objective that they were unlikely to achieve.
Indeed, America’s secular institutions were designed to support pluralism.
Indeed, whereas West Germany banned a neo-Nazi party and the Communist Party in the 1950’s, some countries –particularly in Southern and Eastern Europe, where dictatorship came to be associated with the suppression of pluralism – have drawn precisely the opposite lesson about preventing authoritarianism.
Although China's rulers dismissed the election, Taiwan's open democratic exercises will have vast repercussions for other Chinese political communities in their pursuit of greater political pluralism.
Alexander Dubcek, the leader of the Czechoslovak communists and the symbol of the Prague Spring, personified hope for democratic evolution, real pluralism, and a peaceful way to a state governed by law and respectful of human rights.
The Prague Spring appealed to elementary values: freedom, pluralism, tolerance, sovereignty, and rejection of the dictates of communist orthodoxy.
It consists of respect for the unique human being and humanity's freedoms, rights and dignity; the principle of solidarity; the rule of law and equality before the law; protection of minorities; democratic institutions; separation of legislative, executive and judicial powers; political pluralism; respect for private ownership and private enterprise, and a market economy; and the furtherance of civil society.
The principle of pluralism is valuable, but curbing bloodshed deserves priority.
The analytical trap is to assume that authoritarian governments, which suppress political pluralism and free expression in order to maintain power at home, would be inclined to act differently internationally.
Civil-society activists will need to fight to change the values underpinning their education systems, by encouraging civic engagement, inculcating democratic principles, supporting gender equality, and promoting diversity and pluralism.
But, while the many recipes thesis has strong appeal and empirical support, and suggests a spirit of theoretical pluralism, the claim of “one economics” is misguided, for it implies that mainstream neoclassical economics is the only true economics.
Transparency, pluralism, the rule of law, a free press, and democratic accountability are the best guarantees of honesty in public life – and the surest route to securing the sort of economic reforms that Xi wants.
And there are Muslims who ignore the Koran’s commands of pluralism, tolerance, and peace.
Of course, the Chinese may prefer to talk about “restoration” rather than “rise,” and point to a “harmonious” pluralism of the future.
Indianness embodies the diversity and pluralism of both the country and its diaspora.
For many years, these regimes – whether the Shia of Iran or the Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia – succeeded in suppressing pluralism and individuality.
By humiliating, degrading, and outlawing any Islamic tendency that disagreed with the prevailing dogma, authoritarian regimes did not eliminate pluralism, but merely sent it underground.
Although the Internet appears to be renewing Islamic pluralism, today’s online fatwas are non-negotiable orders, not a call for fresh creativity.
How a society handles ethnic and religious diversity can tell us a great deal about its capacity to negotiate disagreements and transform pluralism from a liability into an asset.
Where these conditions exist – for example, a vibrant and autonomous civil society, as in Poland, or a strong pre-authoritarian tradition of pluralism, representation, and tolerance, as in the Czech Republic – the transition is relatively smooth.
But another force has emerged as an unlikely rampart against the barbaric and delusional leaders of the self-proclaimed caliphate: Lebanese pluralism.
Lebanon’s acceptance of cultural diversity and pluralism has enabled the country to emerge whole from 15 years of civil war, to withstand decades of Syrian and Israeli occupation, and finally to stand up to the Islamic State.
Furthermore, pluralism and moderation remain the dominant forces in the country; tellingly, the Islamic State could not find a single Lebanese to volunteer to be its emir of Lebanon.
Lebanon must be able to continue inspiring its regional neighbors, and to provide a template for effective pluralism in the Middle East.
The Halki Seminary, opened in 1844, is a relic from that bygone age of pluralism.
And they have a good frame of reference in the pluralism of the Ottomans.
This struggle within Islam pits pluralism against purification.
A mad theatrical performance by a group of fanatics is part of cultural pluralism, and as such, helps expand the realm of freedom without posing a threat to anyone.
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