Sentence examples for undermine institutions from inspiring English sources

Underlying this is a concern, not wholly ill-founded, that any "mechanistic" approach to admissions will undermine institutions' autonomy, and invite in more interventionist measures by Offa.

Felsenstein's political project, of building computers that would undermine institutions and allow citizens to share information and organize, was recast as an aesthetic project of self-reliance and personal empowerment.

Rather, it is "to take back from organised criminal groups the economic power and armament they've established in the past 20 years, to take away their capacity to undermine institutions and to contest the state's monopoly of force".He points to progress.

No wonder it has been the objective of governments – not all of them avowedly reactionary or Conservative; indeed the Labour party, sometime defenders of the poor, has abandoned them in search of elusive majorities among squeezed middles and hard-working families – to weaken the power of collective resistance, to undermine institutions created by the poor for self-defence.

The maneuverings over the last 18 months, set in motion by the dismissal of a group of faculty members, reveal several themes: how basic personality clashes can undermine institutions; and how downsizing can cause enormous strains, whether in an office, a factory or a cultural body, but especially in a close-knit musical oasis set in an Alpine playground of the rich, where egos can be fragile.

"It would be negative not only for the obvious economic reasons and trade issues, but 'Brexit' would also undermine institutions such as the EU, as well as NATO".

The political class has consciously and systemically used identity-politics to advance its material interests and undermine institution-building and nation-building; in moments of duress it has called on foreign powers to sustain its dominance.

But, withdrawal of support and funding threatens to undermine institution building and governance in the social protection sector.

How can he attack Frost and Oz for undermining institutions that survived Gilray, Hogarth and Sterne?

One journalist wrote that with her death India faced a "period of prolonged uncertainty," a conclusion, Guha says, that "provided further proof of the late prime minister's success in undermining institutions that stood between her and the nation".

Current U.S. practice in Afghanistan may reify social divisions, which undermines institutions critical to postwar stability.