Sentence examples for instead of governing from inspiring English sources
Speaking in Athens last November, the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben discussed an epochal transformation in the idea of government, "whereby the traditional hierarchical relation between causes and effects is inverted, so that, instead of governing the causes – a difficult and expensive undertaking – governments simply try to govern the effects".
Opponents blast him for "campaigning" instead of governing.
Most of the sniping one-liners seemed like rehearsed retreads as candidates worked to establish stage personalities instead of governing agendas.
Instead of governing, the Republican majority in Congress — along with right-wing authors, journalists, talk-radio personalities, think tanks, and foundations — surrendered to the negative strain of modern conservatism.
"Instead of governing, the White House continues to be in campaign mode, and Fox News is the target of their attack mentality," Michael Clemente, the channel's senior vice president for news, said in a statement on Sunday.
LIBERTY, Mo. — With Washington facing a potential government shutdown, President Obama traveled to the heartland Friday and delivered a combative rebuke of congressional Republicans for "trying to mess with me" instead of governing responsibly.
"It seems like the president has decided again to campaign instead of govern," he told the Associated Press.
Africa's middle class has grown in recent years, but its members are politically and economically vulnerable and their lives can be overturned by the whims of elites who rule instead of govern.
Instead of Congress governing, why is Congress obstructing its governance?
The book as a whole suggests a broad research program that is both academic and applied and that will help us understand how contemporary societies can govern technologies instead of being governed by them.
