Sentence examples for scope of democracy from inspiring English sources

"Now that we have more powerful technologies, the scope of democracy, too, must expand".

Perhaps most important, Lafer shows that the corporate legislative agenda has come to endanger the scope of democracy itself.

The success of Vision 2030, Khashoggi argued, depended on "expanding the scope of democracy and independence of authorities" in the kingdom.

If so, you have encountered corporate power – the corrupting influence that prevents parties from connecting with the public, distorts spending and tax decisions, and limits the scope of democracy.

On this first full working day of Mrs. Aquino's presidency, the nation's enlarged scope of democracy was evident in some of the jealousies already blooming freely in the ranks of politicians.

As Septima Clark, an architect of the citizenship schools across the South put it, their purpose was "to broaden the scope of democracy to include everyone and deepen the concept to include every relationship".

Gradually, over the next century, the scope of Dutch democracy was extended to include ever-broader sections of the Dutch population in the franchise; universal male suffrage was achieved during World War I, and suffrage was extended to women in 1919.

"By trying to keep students away from cartoons they are being denied the fullest scope of what democracy offers through a unique art form," said Mr. Navare, when asked about the recent controversy surrounding a six-decade old cartoon of India's constitutional authors, B.R. Ambedkar and Jawaharlal Nehru.

Theirs is an organization that has been elevated in stature and responsibility amid the unique dangers posed by a particularly hostile administration, and the two black women heading the organization wield more influence over the scope of American democracy for the next generation than, perhaps, any other private citizens.

Yet a civic education that encourages students to challenge the nature and scope of our democracies runs the risk of turning off our students and turning them away from participation.

In Legitimation Crisis (1969), for example, Habermas argues not only that the demands of advanced capitalism restrict the scope and significance of democracy, but also that the state is "crisis ridden" and unable to solve structural problems of unemployment, economic growth, and environmental destruction.