Sentence examples for functioning of republican institutions from inspiring English sources

Second, the heterogeneity of modern states does not allow the kind of "moral unity" and mutual trust that has been projected onto the ancient polis, qualities deemed necessary to the functioning of republican institutions (Walzer 1989, 214).

The political élan of humanism was weakened by the decline of republican institutions in Florence.

New it was, for, though Augustus preserved what he could of republican institutions, he added much that was his own.

Two communes, Siena (at least in the 14th century) and Venice, rejected signorial government entirely in favour of republican institutions.

During this period the previous century's gradual unravelling of republican institutions accelerated rapidly.

The Senate, the last vestige of Roman republican institutions, was abolished.

On the contrary, the Church was seen as an indispensable ally in the building of new republican institutions.

Sovereignty Augustus preserved whatever of the republican institutions had still vitality, and adapted them to a new executive purpose.

Protestants feared the influx of Catholics and warned of Papist designs to undermine republican institutions.

…American filmmaker noted for his documentaries that examine the functioning of American institutions.

In addition to offering new information to political scientists about the functioning of political institutions, it demanded that lawyers should question their standard accounts of the British constitution.