Sentence examples for practices of governments from inspiring English sources

Such reforms would mirror developments in international human rights, where some advocates have come to focus less on individual grievances than on improving the standard practices of governments and monitoring these practices through comprehensive auditing.

Factors that repose some degree of citizens' trust in government include the historical role or practices of governments as well as their record in fulfilling political promises.

Furthermore, Hobbes's most basic point, that the fundamental justification for the coercive authority and practices of governments is peoples' own need to protect themselves from what game theorists call 'social dilemmas', is accepted by many, if not most, political theorists.

The precautionary principle another way of saying "better safe than sorry"—has been making its way into the regulatory practices of governments since the 1930s.

The report harshly criticizes the practices of government and the performance of the military.

Kieran Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental advocacy group, said Mr. Salazar's changes were unlikely to significantly alter the culture and practices of government oil regulators.

The comptroller has two principal functions: overseeing the state's pension fund and auditing spending practices of government institutions across the state.

This should apply to all policies and practices of government agencies - including, of course, the police, but also to other criminal justice agencies including prisons, probation and officers of the court and indeed to housing, education and employment.

"This partnership brings together the resources and best practices of government and private sectors, giving us an unprecedented ability to detect and stamp out health care fraud," Ms. Sebelius said.

Academic Content Standards: Grades 6-8 United States History Standard 8- Understands the institutions and practices of government created during the Revolution and how these elements were revised between 1787 and 1815 to create the foundation of the American political system based on the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

This theoretical framework illuminates the specific rationales and practices of government that enable particular aspirations of reform – such as sustainability – to be constituted.