Sentence examples for status of states from inspiring English sources

The debate between Rawls and his cosmopolitan critics points to the issue of the proper role and status of states: are they indispensable instruments in the pursuit of justice (ideally embodying the principle of the democratic self-determination of peoples), or are they rather inimical to it, because they entrench state interests at the expense of individuals in need?

In the 21st century, these include the conditions and status of states, rural areas, suburbs and metropolitan areas.

Increasingly, the unitary status of states, large and small, old and new, is being called into question.

There is mass incarceration of African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans in the U.S. The changing fiscal status of states and the federal government means that the public is asking whether the costs of keeping marijuana illegal exceed the benefits.

These data provide an indication of the relative social and economic status of States.

They never received the status of nation state which the 1919 Treaty of Versailles was to have awarded them.

He said nothing about the legal status of state employees.

In "Palestine Wins Status of State in Vote by U.N. Assembly," Ethan Bronner and Christine Hauser report on the vote to grant Palestine the upgraded status of nonmember observer state in the United Nations.

In order to do that, I suggested that we should change the solvency status of State pension funds — moving from level 2 to level 1.

A discussion on the current status of state-of-the-art catalysts for use in living ROMP reactions as well as opportunities for the future concludes this review.

The bill creates a new national commission on standards, charged with reviewing "the status of state and federal early learning program quality standards" and recommending new benchmarks for such standards and sets aside a very generous $30 million a year for this purpose.