Sentence examples for closed politics from inspiring English sources
But grand coalitions smother parliamentary democracy, policy is stitched up behind closed doors, parliaments become rubber stamps and populist rebels are strengthened, railing against the cosy, closed politics of the elites.
Closed politics may be tempered by an openness to ideas and an open economy, as in China.
But to have closed politics and closed minds together is a recipe for disaster; for proof, consider the current fate of the Arab states.
But the greater shame is that the most eloquent champion of "open" versus "closed" politics has yielded ground to his populist opponents now that they are in the ascendant.
Even if there were, the American view (no let-up in the pressure on Saddam Hussein) and the Russian, Chinese and French line (that the crippling nine-year embargo must be eased) seem irreconcilable.In this section Sudan loses its chains Open economy, closed politics A famous, and dangerous, victory Forgotten ReprintsIndeed, America wants to tighten the screws.
"Behind closed doors politics, indecision, weak government, a paralysed economy", the Conservatives warned.
For the Emanuel Administration, releasing some data and not others does little to shed the old paradigms of closed door politics where waste, government fraud and abuse were the norm.
The essay denounced Mr. Xi's authoritarian tendencies as driving China back to closed, repressive politics that could prove disastrous for the country.
A cast including Ian McDiarmid, Bill Paterson, Sinead Cusack, Tim Pigott-Smith and Kenneth Cranham will portray the principal players involved in the complex, behind-closed-doors politics during the rapidly escalating crisis.
Audiences used to closed-door politics lapped up the televised proceedings of another top 10 term, "jigyo shiwake," literally "project sorting," that showed humbled bureaucrats answering a tirade of questions on why tax money should be funding their undertakings.
Mr. Newell has done a better job of identifying Mr. Silver's weaknesses: mainly, his devotion to closed-door politics, including his refusal to disclose details about his outside income.
