• Shrink Missouri Government PAC v. Adams, 161 F. 3d 519, 520 (CA8 1998). (thefire.org)
  • 1999) Ljusnande framtid : SOM-undersökningen 1998. (gu.se)
  • Since 1998, the government has embarked on a gradual process of municipalization, which aims to give local elected governments more power to handle the provision of some essential services. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • Just to give you an idea what a different time it was: A few months after Putin was appointed president in 2000, he signed a bill that restored the Soviet national anthem, a vestige of our Soviet past that had been legally abolished to signal a new era for Russian politics. (vox.com)
  • Parliamentary elections in November 2002 brought about a second earthquake, this time political. (americanprogress.org)
  • Democratic Left (DL) , short-lived socialist party, organized in both Northern Ireland and the Irish republic, that broke away from the Workers' Party in 1992 and went on to serve in the government of the Irish republic between 1994 and 1997. (britannica.com)
  • Bajrang Dal was banned in 1992 by the Rao government following the demolition of the Babri Masjid, but the ban was revoked one year later. (wikipedia.org)
  • That year, renewed tensions between Renamo and the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front, known as Frelimo, called into question the political progress made since 1992, worrying investors and tarnishing the country's image as a postwar success story. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • Reintegrating these forces into the army and police has been a political football since 1992, compounded by political discord between Renamo and Frelimo over provincial autonomy and the distribution of natural-resource wealth. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • At an extraordinary conference in February 1992, the reformers narrowly failed to win a majority of delegates to their viewpoint, and party leader De Rossa and six of the party's seven deputies in the Dáil (lower house of Parliament) and its single member of the European Parliament-as well as many activists-left the party. (britannica.com)
  • The new party won four seats in the general elections in November 1992 and picked up two more in by-elections in 1994. (britannica.com)
  • Facebook has avoided acting against Bajrang Dal as it has ties with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and because "cracking down on Bajrang Dal might endanger both the company's business prospects and its staff in India", The Wall Street Journal newspaper wrote, reaffirming its reportage earlier this year on the subject. (wikipedia.org)
  • Through the years Shri L. K. Advani had served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party for the longest period since its inception in 1980. (bjp.org)
  • May 1986- Became Party President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). (bjp.org)
  • The dominance of Maharashtra's politics by the Congress and the Maratha elite had been weakening since 1995, and the triumph of the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party in the assembly elections seems to have finally brought it to an end. (epw.in)
  • It lost out in 1995 but came back to power in 1999, in spite of a split and an alliance with the faction that had split from it. (epw.in)
  • While these have been long-term trends, the union was spurred into action by the 1999 re-election of the conservative Harris government in Ontario. (labornotes.org)
  • What's more, Buchanan's choice of campaign co-chairs for his Reform bid, especially that of an ultra-left-wing progressive, bucks his conservative ideology in favor of political expediency. (publicintegrity.org)
  • None of the established parties made it into the parliament, but the year-old, conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP), led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, came out on top with over 34 percent of the votes. (americanprogress.org)
  • During La Violencia between 1948 and 1958, the conservative government tried to exterminate liberals, communists, and protestants too. (nadir.org)
  • Not your typical political scandal, Senator McCain's dirty little secret is his longtime involvement with the International Republican Institute (IRI), an organization that operates in 60 countries and is budgeted by millions of US taxpayer dollars each year. (thirdworldtraveler.com)
  • This report focuses on how well central Government is responding to the new agenda of public involvement in decision making. (ippr.org)
  • The importance of the area has not diminished over the years and Turkey`s recent involvement in the regional Middle Eastern politics and security has further sparked international attention directed towards the region. (lu.se)
  • At a press conference announcing his bid for the Reform Party's nomination, Buchanan cited ideological reasons for leaving the Republican Party he had so long supported. (publicintegrity.org)
  • The party's entry into Mozambique's political arena has had significant implications for the country's postwar political accommodation, which will be examined later. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • It was only the second month of the newly-formed Aam Aadmi Party's government in Punjab, and all departments were under pressure to perform or respond swiftly to any exigency. (outlookindia.com)
  • US funded government security forces in Guatemala and El Salvador prosecuted dirty wars which resulted in the disappearance, torture, and massacre of thousands of the countries' own citizens. (thirdworldtraveler.com)
  • Civilian authorities maintained effective control over the national, state, and local police forces, and the government has effective mechanisms to investigate and punish abuse and corruption. (state.gov)
  • A collection of specially commissioned essays discussing elements of the Prime Minister's 1999 Forces of Conservatism speech. (ippr.org)
  • Attempting to establish an absolutist government along European lines, Charles I of England viewed Parliament as unnecessary, which would ultimately lead to the English Civil War (1642-51) and his execution . (wikipedia.org)
  • Parliament opposed Putin vigorously on some issues, and much of our mainstream media and television channels were openly critical of our government, though the free space had clearly begun to shrink. (vox.com)
  • He introduced laws allowing him more control over parliament and regional governments. (vox.com)
  • Researchers, grass-roots political activists and politicians will join me on this journey of dissecting the struggle for fair representation in parliament, accountable executive governments, impartial justice, and direct democratic participation. (spotify.com)
  • The goal of the citizens' chamber is to enable citizens to directly participate in legislative processes, to deal with controversial topics, to include the many different perspectives of citizens, while most day-to-day political negotiations would still be dealt with by the elected parliament. (spotify.com)
  • I have fond memories of attending entertaining, knockabout debates at Strathclyde University Union in the early 1990s, when guest debaters included the likes of Labour MP George Galloway (now renegade anti-war MP), Militant firebrand Tommy Sheridan (now Member of Scottish Parliament and leader of the Scottish Socialist Party) and Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) leader Alex Salmond (now bidding to be SNP leader again). (spiked-online.com)
  • The establishment of a Scottish Parliament in 1999 was supposed to signify a new maturity in Scottish politics. (spiked-online.com)
  • Not only does the parliament seem to have limited powers, but its members (MSPs) also seem to suffer from diminished political vision. (spiked-online.com)
  • However, having established the SNP as the main opposition in the Scottish Parliament, (against a Labour/Liberal Democrat government), Salmond surprised everyone by resigning the party leadership and then choosing to stand again for his Westminster seat rather than switching to the Scottish Parliament as expected. (spiked-online.com)
  • Instead of embodying a distinctive set of political ideas, then, the new Scottish Parliament was trumpeted for its own sake. (spiked-online.com)
  • Political columnist Bill Jamieson recently argued in the Scotsman that: 'Those who made such play of scrapping the procedures that buttress good behaviour and reinforce respect for the institution can hardly complain if they end up with ministers who put pie and beans before parliament - and who can lie with impunity. (spiked-online.com)
  • Criminal groups cultivate and rely on corrupt political elites, government officials, and law enforcement and security personnel to protect their operations and to provide cover. (freerepublic.com)
  • He asserted that the coming Assembly polls in the Indian state of Rajasthan would be fought on the issue of tridents and attacked the ruling Indian National Congress Party for "placating" Muslims for electoral gains. (wikipedia.org)
  • extremely frustrated and cynical about electoral politics. (labornotes.org)
  • They were also all over the map when it came to discussing electoral parties. (labornotes.org)
  • How Open Lists Undermine the Electoral Support of Cohesive Parties. (uni-mannheim.de)
  • The Official wing of Sinn Féin gradually dropped its traditional nationalism and was renamed Sinn Féin-the Workers' Party (1977) and later the Workers' Party (1982), signifying its resolve to enter electoral politics as a Marxist party. (britannica.com)
  • The IRI is 'officially' a politically independent entity, though in reality it is aligned in most respects with the Republican Party and its ideals. (thirdworldtraveler.com)
  • It's a feeling that, as a longtime Putin critic who has watched his government expand power and crush the opposition, has grown in recent years in my country. (vox.com)
  • The period before and just after Putin came to power in the late '90s was full of political diversity in Russia. (vox.com)
  • At that time, Putin had just come to power in the government, appointed prime minister in 1999. (vox.com)
  • Yanina also shares her insights on how direct democracy can be a check on the power of the executive and legislative branches of government. (spotify.com)
  • It is hard to see the decision as anything other than an implicit recognition that for all the hype about Holyrood, real power and real politics (such as it is) remained in London. (spiked-online.com)
  • Who among the contenders - the Nationalist Congress Party, the Shiv Sena, the BJP, and a Maratha elite now at a distance from both power and its community - will occupy the space vacated by the Congress? (epw.in)
  • In the period of post-Congress politics, Maharashtra is one state where the Congress has been in power for three terms. (epw.in)
  • They decided to form a new party with the provisional name New Agenda. (britannica.com)
  • This group was formed when, at Provisional Sinn Féin's Ard Fheis (annual party conference), in 1986, the party agreed to end its policy of abstention from the taking of seats in both the Irish and British parliaments. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Those delegates who did not agree with this decision walked out of the conference, and ultimately, out of the party, and formed a new party, Republican Sinn Féin (RSF), which was led by Ruairí Ó Braídaigh, former president of Provisional Sinn Féin, and Dáithí Ó Conaill, former chief of staff of the PIRA. (encyclopedia.com)
  • They use illicit proceeds to: finance political campaigns, buy votes, protect their operations, influence legislation, gain insider access, and pre-empt prosecutions. (freerepublic.com)
  • The coalition government led by Bülent Ecevit collapsed after years of economic downturn and extreme rates of inflation. (americanprogress.org)
  • But when it happens in a state that does not often see a change in the party/coalition heading the government, it stirs much expectation and speculation. (epw.in)
  • Criminal groups are most successful in corrupting high-level politicians and government officials in countries that are their home base of operations. (freerepublic.com)
  • Furthermore, during the years that the presumptive candidate chaired the IRI, the organization has chosen ironic means to 'advance freedom:' training corrupt opposition leaders and providing funds to groups that effectively undermine often democratically-elected officials that the US government views unfavorably. (thirdworldtraveler.com)
  • The constitution prohibits such practices, and unlike in the previous year, there were no reports that government officials employed them. (state.gov)
  • The principal issues in this case are whether Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U. S. 1 (1976) (per curiam) , is authority for state limits on contributions to state political candidates and *382 whether the federal limits approved in Buckley, with or without adjustment for inflation, define the scope of permissible state limitations today. (thefire.org)
  • In addition, Enron made $1.9 million in soft money contributions during the same 1999-2001 period. (publicintegrity.org)
  • May 1986 - Was announced as party President of the BJP. (bjp.org)
  • In its constitution, Democratic Left described itself as a "democratic, socialist party. (britannica.com)
  • Like several left-socialist parties in Scandinavia, it tried to steer a path between the Marxism-Leninism of its origins and the social-democratic policies of traditional labour parties. (britannica.com)
  • It was assumed that Scottish politics would mean socialist politics. (spiked-online.com)
  • Until these obstacles are overcome, preserving the country's political stability and developing its economic potential will remain at risk. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • Our media and National Party politicians are well into this stage in the Skripal affair. (thestandard.org.nz)
  • Yet beneath strong economic growth and political progress marked by five consecutive multiparty elections, problems such as poverty, inequality, corruption and political violence persist. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • The International Republican Institute claims to be a nonpartisan organization whose mission is to 'advance freedom worldwide by developing political parties, civic institutions, open elections, good governance and the rule of law. (thirdworldtraveler.com)
  • Turnout in the 2003 elections dipped below 50 per cent, indicating that none of the parties has been able to convince the public of the parliament's importance. (spiked-online.com)
  • Maharashtra Assembly Elections : Farewell to Maratha Politics? (epw.in)
  • Further to the left, another group of labour-based activists, including former CAW presidential assistant Sam Gindin, have helped to form a different political project. (labornotes.org)
  • The Government of Azerbaijan should uphold this commitment by releasing opposition figures, civil rights activists, journalists, and religious leaders who are currently in jail for peacefully exercising their rights. (csce.gov)
  • President Aliyev's pardons left dozens of human rights activists, journalists, and political dissidents languishing in prison and subject to mistreatment," said Helsinki Commission Co-Chairman Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04). (csce.gov)
  • In 1999 the party was incorporated into the Labour Party , and Democratic Left leader Proinsias De Rossa became Labour Party president. (britannica.com)
  • We argue that party lends order to conflict, producing the ideological low-dimensional space that is a trademark of American politics. (cambridge.org)
  • In fact, Buchanan's move to the Reform Party was much more tactical than ideological. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Data on party political attitudes, political engagement and participation in the political process, voting behaviour, satisfaction with government. (gu.se)
  • A woman walks past a campaign poster showing Afonso Dhlakama, presidential candidate for the Renamo party, Maputo, Mozambique, Nov. 30, 2004 (AP photo/STR). (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • Long considered to be a post-conflict success story, Mozambique currently finds itself in a period of uncertainty, with past political progress and current economic opportunities threatened by unresolved tensions on both fronts. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • As the party gained respectability and enjoyed some modest success, there was conflict between the "old guard" and reformers who wanted to overhaul the party in the wake of the changes in eastern Europe and to break all remaining ties with the Official IRA. (britannica.com)
  • unable to identify any of the union's past political campaigns, when asked about them. (labornotes.org)
  • This report argues that ethnic minority political hopefuls are losing out and shows how ethnic representation in politics has to be at the heart of the debate about civic renewal and public engagemen. (ippr.org)
  • The task force notes that while most members strongly support the union's role in the workplace, there is a growing gap between the political positions taken by the leadership and the rank and file. (labornotes.org)
  • Among the most common were demands that the union leadership consult with the rank and file on the political direction of the union, through surveys, referenda, discussion groups, and local union meetings where these issues could be raised. (labornotes.org)
  • He made moves to consolidate pro-government political parties into one big, powerful group under his leadership. (vox.com)
  • The proposed return of Salmond to the SNP leadership is an indication of how Scottish politics has stagnated in recent years. (spiked-online.com)
  • Traditional approaches to political leadership on race, based on a coercive, command-and-control model of change, should give way to a new vision based on energising, inspiring and empowering. (ippr.org)
  • After the formation of a political union with the Aragon regions in 1137, Catalonia arose and seized extensive economic and political control through the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. (ukessays.com)
  • Most worryingly, economic prosperity has been undermined since the return of political instability and violence in 2012. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • Beneath strong economic growth and political progress, poverty, corruption and political violence persist. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • Michael Werz argues that innovative forms of trans-Atlantic cooperation are needed, including recognition by Europe and the United States that Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa share important political and economic ties. (americanprogress.org)
  • This is an appeal to the subscribers, contributors, advertisers and well-wishers of Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), published by Sameeksha Trust, a public charitable trust registered with the office of the Charity Commissioner, Mumbai, India. (epw.in)
  • Through the latter half of the 1980s and the 1990s, Shri L. K. Advani focused on the singular task of building the BJP into a national political force. (bjp.org)
  • The Turkish military, notorious for staging numerous coups and for reckless clashes with Turkey's Kurdish population throughout the 1980s and 1990s, was forced out of politics. (americanprogress.org)
  • Strategic Ambiguity of Party Positions in Multi-Party Competition. (uni-mannheim.de)
  • The Canadian Auto Workers is in the midst of a timely and unique project--a national task force to encourage discussion and debate about the future of working class politics in Canada. (labornotes.org)
  • The government's decades-long war with the Mozambican National Resistance, a rebel group turned political party that is known as Renamo, officially ended 24 years ago. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • Algeria's primary political party, the National Liberation Front (FLN), was established in 1954 as part of the struggle for independence and has largely dominated politics since. (ifitweremyhome.com)
  • Twenty-four top executives and board members at Enron Corp. contributed nearly $800,000 to national political parties, President Bush, members of Congress, and others overseeing investigations of the company for possible securities fraud, according to a Center for Public Integrity investigation. (publicintegrity.org)
  • That such a trivial matter should dominate national politics is bad enough. (spiked-online.com)
  • In 2016, the Government of Azerbaijan pardoned 148 inmates in the days leading up to Nowruz, including more than a dozen people identified as political prisoners by leading human rights organizations. (csce.gov)
  • Late in the summer of 1999, over 18,000 people lost their lives in an earthquake that struck northwestern Turkey. (americanprogress.org)
  • One of the questionnaires mainly deals with questions on politics, economy and working life, while the other mainly deals with media, culture and health. (gu.se)
  • I've spoken out against Putin and his government for more than a decade now. (vox.com)
  • A decade on, Scottish politics still has that student union feel about it, but with none of the entertainment value. (spiked-online.com)
  • He criticised the insensitivity of the Punjab DGP and the state government for calling his son a gangster. (outlookindia.com)
  • More than the defeat of the Congress and the NCP, what marks a new era for the politics of the state is the desertion of Maratha voters from the two Congress parties. (epw.in)
  • The vast majority reported that they hadn't had much opportunity to talk about political issues with their co-workers in the workplace, although they thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to discuss politics in these groups. (labornotes.org)
  • American legislative studies in recent years have been occupied to a large degree with the question of the effects of political parties on the policy behavior of elected legislators, with most of the research focusing on the U.S. Congress. (cambridge.org)
  • For the first time since independence, the Congress was dethroned from its preeminent position, and the BJP became the single largest party in the Lok Sabha. (bjp.org)
  • Congress has allocated $1.3 billion to the government of my country for Plan Colombia whose ostensible purpose is to destroy illegal crops. (nadir.org)
  • It did however provide a foundation for the newer political theories and movements that emerged to oppose liberal-democracy, such as Legitimism and Carlism in the early 19th century, or " integral nationalism " in the early 20th century. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, Simango was re-elected in 2008 and again for a third term in 2013 under the banner of his own party, the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), which he established in 2008 after breaking with Renamo. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • The origins of Democratic Left lie in Sinn Féin , the political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). (britannica.com)
  • Coleman points us to the right starting point for the long journey of democratic renewal' Matthew Taylor, Chief Advisor on Political Strategy to the Prime Minister In this important pamphlet Stephen. (ippr.org)
  • The Party bounced back from its 1984 tally of 2 to achieve an impressive 86 seats. (bjp.org)
  • One third of the questions asked in the two questionnaires are common for both samples, for example questions about media habits, political attitudes, leisure activities, and social background. (gu.se)
  • It would be unheard of deep into Putin's reign, but back then, it wasn't uncommon - even for a midlevel government official like I was at that time. (vox.com)
  • The absolutist system of government saw its high point during the late 16th and the 17th century, associated with a more autocratic form of rule under figures such as Louis XIV of France and Philip II of Spain . (wikipedia.org)
  • UKEssays.com does not accept payment of any kind for the publishing of political content, it has been published for educational purposes only. (ukessays.com)
  • A little over a year ago, a U.S. government interagency group conducted a study of international organized crime. (freerepublic.com)
  • The Iran Contra Affair was an attempt by the Reagan administration to overthrow Nicaragua's democratically elected Sandinista government by providing funds to the 'Contras,' a group of anti-communist rebels notorious for their appalling human rights record. (thirdworldtraveler.com)
  • Even when participants agreed with the union's goals on different political issues, they often had completely different ideas about how best to attain them (such as, through the market, private initiatives, etc. (labornotes.org)
  • The government permits prison visits by independent human rights observers, but none occurred during the year. (state.gov)
  • The government has the obligation to investigate and monitor prison and detention center conditions, but no information was publicly available as to whether it did so during the year. (state.gov)
  • Pat Buchanan's switch to the Reform Party on Oct. 25, 1999, was a dramatic change in the fiery commentators political life. (publicintegrity.org)
  • In its manifesto and campaign speeches by the leaders, the party matches the BRS scheme for scheme, promising more in many cases. (outlookindia.com)
  • WASHINGTON -On the traditional holiday of Nowruz, Helsinki Commission leaders called on the Azerbaijani government to immediately release all remaining political prisoners and honor its OSCE commitments to human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. (csce.gov)
  • This report shows how to ensure a fair funding system which provides parties with the funds they require while assuring the public the system is irreproachable. (ippr.org)
  • After quitting the administration, I appeared widely in the media, on mainstream television stations and in newspapers, to discuss why the current government was dangerous. (vox.com)