But he never wants to acknowledge that in doing so he is actually joining the ideological debate, and he always goes out of his way — as in his repeated insistence that he never intended to increase the size of government — to dull the philosophical edges.
Mr. Sadyrkulov oversaw widely criticized parliamentary elections in December 2007 that solidified the rule of President Bakiyev, but several opposition politicians said that he had recently expressed regret for his actions and had said he wanted to join the opposition for ideological reasons.
He joined the Socialist Revolutionary Party, ideological heir of the Narodniki, and continued to write articles, folktales, and short stories on Jewish life.
He did not join the Communist Party itself, not because he had ideological reservations, but because his personality was not conducive to Party membership".
Loyalty among the elite is rewarded with Rolex watches and Mercedes cars, but "criminals" guilty of ideological transgressions are sent to join the 200,000 or so people in the North Korean gulags.North Koreans have long suffered under their rulers.
On television, as in real life, dramatic reorganizations of society benefit two types of people: the ideological leaders behind the shift and the opportunists who join the revolution for personal gain.
as in real life, dramatic reorganizations of society benefit two types of people: the ideological leaders behind the shift, and the opportunists who join the revolution for personal gain.
Although people join the party more for career reasons these days than for ideological ones, it still officially forbids religious belief among its members.
When Britain first sought to join the Common Market in the 1960s it did so for pragmatic, not ideological reasons.
The modern era of pitched ideological confirmation battles began in 1987 when the Senate rejected the nomination of Robert H. Bork to join the Supreme Court.
