Sentence examples for civic capacity from inspiring English sources

Empires end in ruins: commonwealths have hitherto been beyond the civic capacity of mankind.

Which organizations, or types of organizations, contribute heightened levels of civic capacity?

"She has not served on any board in this community and has not served in any civic capacity on Staten Island," Mr. Curtis said.

It also guarantees that they will not be penalized for expressions of opinion or association in their private or civic capacity.

The density of nonprofit organizations matters instead, suggesting that declines in traditional social capital may not be as consequential for civic capacity as commonly thought.

In reducing the incentives for individual political participation, suburbanization has negated the benefits of "small town" government and deprived metropolitan areas of valuable civic capacity.

These will further challenge the traditional commercial and civic capacities that have allowed cities to avoid war when confronted with conflict.

From his farm at Duxbury he served in a variety of civic capacities: agent for the colony, surveyor of highways, deputy from Duxbury, member of the local council of war, treasurer, and, most important, assistant to the governor of Massachusetts (1623 41 and 1650 86).

Michael Sandel, for example, speaks favorable of 'proud craftsmen' in the Jacksonian era and of Louis Brandeis's idea of 'industrial democracy, in which workers participated in management and shared responsibilities for running the business' (Sandel 1996, 170, 213) Identification with the workplace and industrial democracy are said to improve workers civic capacities, but that may not be the case.

Their movements thus extend to former civic capacities and future possibilities, invoking more-than-urban (local, national, transnational) frames of action, exchange and obligation.

The initiative uses an academic approach called Research Service Learning (RSL), which combines coursework, faculty-guided field research experiences, and independent, capstone projects in an effort to enhance students' ethical inquiry skills and civic leadership capacities.