• The year 2020 was characterized by a high degree of economic, political and social uncertainty in Bolivia. (state.gov)
  • WASHINGTON (July 16, 2020) - New national public opinion polling shows Americans overwhelmingly support hospitals and recognize the need for further aid as front-line health care providers fight to defeat COVID-19. (aha.org)
  • The survey was conducted by Public Opinion Strategies through a national telephone survey of 800 registered voters from June 25-28, 2020. (aha.org)
  • 2019), partisan political preferences (Hänggli, 2020) , and relative exposure to soft versus hard news (Boukes and Boomgaarden, 2015). (researchgate.net)
  • A representative survey of the UK population ( n = 1,518) conducted in November and December 2020 explored public perceptions of (a) personal and government responsibility, (b) efficacy and trust, and (c) support for policies to address the two issues. (frontiersin.org)
  • Su'a questions whether recent polls are, in fact, Push Polling, a political telemarketing technique that was known to be used in the USA election campaigns. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Here's how pushing polling has worked in the USA during political campaigns and may well be used here. (scoop.co.nz)
  • The short-term preoccupations of politicians--whether they focus on financing their electoral campaigns or enriching themselves at public expense--has generated protests around the world: in Bulgaria, Egypt, Turkey, Brazil, and elsewhere. (commondreams.org)
  • Additionally, public education campaigns carried out by feminist groups with the support of international NGOs seem to be having an impact on public opinion. (cispes.org)
  • It centers on a question of equal importance to citizens and scholars: how can we produce better political campaigns? (researchgate.net)
  • Although the tobacco industry has operated in the open in some political campaigns, it has often operated quietly behind the scenes, frequently working with various allied organizations on state and local political campaigns. (who.int)
  • The EPA endangerment finding can be overturned if it's determined that greenhouse gas emissions no longer endanger public health or welfare. (skepticalscience.com)
  • In other words, we have politicians attempting to overturn a scientific finding whose purpose is to protect public health and welfare, for purely political reasons. (skepticalscience.com)
  • We cannot disregard a scientific finding, particularly one which has major consequences for public health and welfare, just because we don't want to believe it, or because doing so would be politically advantageous. (skepticalscience.com)
  • There are compelling public health (and many would argue ethical) imperatives for countries such as Malawi to begin the transition away from high levels of tobacco production. (bmj.com)
  • This is a matter of both public health and national security. (aha.org)
  • The Biden administration should work with Congress to pass a comprehensive infrastructure bill that can create jobs, protect the environment and enhance public health. (constitutionus.com)
  • What are the implications for public health practice? (cdc.gov)
  • The opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. (cdc.gov)
  • It was an essential milestone of the fight for the political reform of mental health in Brazil and promoted discussions and mobilization of public opinion concerning the need of some urgent transformation. (bvsalud.org)
  • Global public opinion is starting to realize where health belongs. (who.int)
  • As Heads of State, including the G8 leaders, debate the major political issues facing our world, health issues are prominent on the agenda. (who.int)
  • approach that encompasses the health During its preparation, key officials within sector, socioeconomic status, determinants the Ministry of Public Health and Population of health and national policies and strategies as well as officials from various other that have a major bearing on health. (who.int)
  • We had, unprecedented in our lifetimes, a truly global public health emergency. (medscape.com)
  • In an environment that's dedicated to open and free discourse, how do you have the difficult conversation about what is truth and what is not truth, and what is fair to talk about and what is unfair to the broader public health? (medscape.com)
  • About 42% of the population of Rock Island County was fully vaccinated as of August 31, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. (cdc.gov)
  • The health department partnered with public transit company that serves Rock Island and Moline, to provide free bus rides to vaccine appointments. (cdc.gov)
  • In public health and chronic disease prevention there is increasing priority for effective use of evidence in practice. (cdc.gov)
  • In Ontario, Canada, despite various models being advanced, public health practitioners are seeking ways to identify and apply evidence in their work in practical and meaningful ways. (cdc.gov)
  • We describe the Program Evidence Tool's benefits, strengths, challenges, and what was learned from its application in 4 Ontario public health departments. (cdc.gov)
  • The ability to understand and incorporate evidence into practice is a public health core competency in Ontario (1), Canada (2), the United States (3), and elsewhere (4) and is considered a key component of public health training (5). (cdc.gov)
  • Toward Evidence-Informed Practice (TEIP) is a set of tools developed at the Ontario Public Health Association to facilitate the use of relevant evidence in community-based health promotion and chronic disease prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • This has only been possible thanks to a concerted, comprehensive and consistent approach, using vaccines and therapeutics alongside proven public health measures, with empowered and engaged communities. (bvsalud.org)
  • What is happening in India and Brazil could happen elsewhere unless we all take these public health precautions that WHO has been calling for since the beginning of the pandemic. (bvsalud.org)
  • This Web site is provided by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ONLY as an historical reference for the public health community. (cdc.gov)
  • From the Israeli perspective, European political officials, NGOs, journalists, and academics are perceived as contributing to the demonization of Israel and Jewish sovereignty. (jcpa.org)
  • In contrast, the exceptionality of Israeli democracy and the very difficult circumstances in which it survives is largely ignored, in striking contrast to the attitudes of the U.S. In addition, European political officials, NGOs, journalists, and academics are perceived as playing a leading role in support for Palestinian objectives, and in the international campaign to delegitimize Israel and Jewish sovereignty. (jcpa.org)
  • In contrast to the policies of transparency that it preaches to others, the EU fails to acknowledge the funds provided to NGOs and other activities that constitute direct intervention in Israeli politics and society, and efforts to influence public opinion. (jcpa.org)
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference on Tuesday. (nhpr.org)
  • I think [Netanyahu] wants to tell the Israeli public, 'I'm doing my job. (nhpr.org)
  • On the plane Wednesday at Andrews Air Force base in Washington, before departing for New York, NPR asked Netanyahu how he thought the Israeli public perceived his U.S. trip. (nhpr.org)
  • Most polling shows him maintaining a consistent favorability rating - in the mid-40s - and his party as winning the most seats in parliament if elections were to be held now, said Dahlia Scheindlin, an Israeli public opinion expert and political advisor. (nhpr.org)
  • Any changes would have to be backed by a majority since public opinion is reflected fairly in elections under STV. (everything2.com)
  • Perhaps modern politics will find itself with much more than a two party system, I can't imagine how they might make any final decisions, but there must be a way to reflect fairly how normal people are feeling and what we want. (euroweeklynews.com)
  • It is well known among businessmen, that the reaction of the public toward a given product or service, can be fairly accurately estimated by making samples inquiries among the relevant customers. (pinkmonkey.com)
  • After Bolivia's October 2019 elections were annulled, the transitional government had little political authority to make policy changes. (state.gov)
  • A commitment to democracy as understood in the liberal Western tradition and agreement that political legitimacy derives from the will of the people expressed through free and democratic elections is a key marker issue in identifying moderate Muslims. (freerepublic.com)
  • Relations between Israel and Europe, as reflected in official channels and public opinion polls, reflect unprecedented hostility. (jcpa.org)
  • What I'm seeing in some of these mainstream polls does not reflect the huge support Labour and Helen Clark is getting around Manukau. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Whoever is behind these so-called polls are attempting to manipulate public opinion. (scoop.co.nz)
  • An arrogant, bumbling, misogynist, racist millionaire with wandering hands, or a self-aggrandizing do-gooder with a political pedigree who threw a victory party before the polls had even closed. (euroweeklynews.com)
  • In the United States, promising strides have been made by public opinion polls like the American Institute of Public Opinion, Crossley and Fortune Magazine. (pinkmonkey.com)
  • There are several polls that try to make election predictions, of which the best known is the one conducted by George Gallup, for the American Institute of Public Opinion. (pinkmonkey.com)
  • In general the success of opinion polls depends on the accuracy of the sample rather than on the number of persons interviewed. (pinkmonkey.com)
  • Public opinion polls frequently support this conception, posing energy policymaking options as a zero-sum game between two opposed goals. (ourenergypolicy.org)
  • Voters headed to the polls across Taiwan in a closely watched local election Saturday that will determine the strength of the island's major political parties ahead of the 2024 presidential election. (princegeorgecitizen.com)
  • Indeed, public opinion polls suggest Netanyahu has not lost his base of support. (nhpr.org)
  • Powerful, conservative sectors in the country have historically dominated the public debate on abortion, and their influence is reflected in public opinion polls . (cispes.org)
  • Public opinion polls from the EU countries, provided by the European Commission. (lu.se)
  • Across America, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the public education system's weaknesses by revealing how ill-equipped it was to deal with such a crisis. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The public has some dissatisfaction with the DPP on this, even though Taiwan has done well relatively speaking in pandemic prevention," said Weihao Huang, a political science professor at National Sun Yat-sen University. (princegeorgecitizen.com)
  • A critical part of U.S. network-building efforts, as well as in its broader public diplomacy and strategic communications policy, is identifying key partners and audiences. (freerepublic.com)
  • The dominant European intellectual and political frameworks reflect a simplistic effort to impose Europe's experience in conflict resolution onto the Middle East, without examining fundamental differences in history and conditions. (jcpa.org)
  • Be able to apply existing theoretical frameworks to explain contemporary examples of public opinion. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • As I have written before (see here and here ), there is a deep and abiding partisan divide in opinion on global warming. (vox.com)
  • America is deeply divided along partisan lines, and that is reflected in public opinion on almost every issue, political or otherwise. (vox.com)
  • Alexa, play Public News Service podcast' or 'Alexa, what's my news flash? (publicnewsservice.org)
  • Most purveyors of news value impartiality, neutrality, and objectivity , despite the inherent difficulty of reporting without political bias. (wikipedia.org)
  • Paradoxically, another property commonly attributed to news is sensationalism , the disproportionate focus on, and exaggeration of, emotive stories for public consumption. (wikipedia.org)
  • In return, we'll also give your team access to pro news tools and keep Scoop free for personal use, because public access to news is important! (scoop.co.nz)
  • History would dictate that a narrative should be seen in the news and reflected in public opinion, about the man, his approach and his impact. (politico.com)
  • Opinion content-editorials, columns and guest commentaries-is created independent of news reporting and is exclusive to subscribers. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Officials and other public figures are naturally tempted to abuse defamation laws to silence their critics and, in some countries, they have effectively muzzled debate and critical voices by invoking harsh defamation laws. (parliament.uk)
  • This can lead to serious problems of self-censorship, stifling legitimate criticism of government and public officials. (parliament.uk)
  • Minister of Finance Bjarni Benediktsson lambasted a recent poll on how the general public perceives the personality traits of different politicians, himself included, and disagrees with how the public views its elected officials. (grapevine.is)
  • Economic and societal interests in stemming the tide of migration into Europe, particularly from North Africa, through promoting economic and political reform in the Southern Mediterranean, have also not succeeded in any measurable or significant manner. (jcpa.org)
  • The chaos of Katrina not only provided cover for powerful interests to slash public services at a much faster rate but allowed them to pass off such policies as much needed 'reform' (and then sell it as a 'model' for the rest of the country). (commondreams.org)
  • However, any reform proposal will face legal and political hurdles and opposition from conservatives who fear losing their advantage on the bench. (constitutionus.com)
  • Explain some of the determinants of political attitudes and the processes through which people form their opinions. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • But the justices often reflect the political passions of the moment--or, worse, of the president who appointed them--rather than take the long view. (commondreams.org)
  • In a public opinion poll conducted by the EU in 2003, 59 percent of respondents chose Israel as a "threat to world peace," ahead of Syria, Iran, Libya, and North Korea, and reflecting factors that go far beyond disagreements on policy issues. (jcpa.org)
  • Europe's Middle East policy has failed substantially, as seen in the ease with which policies and public discussions have erased core factors such as security and deterrence from their terms of reference. (jcpa.org)
  • By the same token, to the degree that European foreign policy reflects idealist objectives and lofty principles, such as promotion of human rights and democracy, the record also shows little success. (jcpa.org)
  • Obama's famous observation on Assad may have inspired his many opponents to revolt, but it has long been clear that Obama's call for Assad's departure in August 2011 reflected merely Obama's ill-considered aspiration rather than a solid American policy commitment. (aljazeera.com)
  • They are busy with lives and jobs and families and don't have time to study policy disputes and form their own independent opinions. (vox.com)
  • However, does this tension in the discourse accurately reflect how policy is made? (ourenergypolicy.org)
  • CIDOB addresses migration from a triple perspective: as a subject of politicisation in public debates, as an object of public policy and in relation to its forms of governance. (cidob.org)
  • Public Economics - Assume the role of a government adviser and write policy briefs that address public policy issues. (reading.ac.uk)
  • In Sweden, the debate on security policy, military alliance, and NATO membership has for a long time not been as prominent in the public discussion as right after the invasion. (lu.se)
  • He argued that although there is nothing wrong in defending Sweden's previous neutrality policy, it is not necessarily something that Swedish political representatives should brag about, as it implies that the countries that were occupied or fought against Germany ended up in that situation because they were not as 'skilled' as Sweden (Helmerson, 2022). (lu.se)
  • While 74% of Democrats now have a favorable opinion of the FBI, that view is shared by only 34% of Republicans and 40% of voters not affiliated with either major party. (rasmussenreports.com)
  • As hypothesized, we observed that the French press appeared strongly polarized: the right-leaning press was mostly favorable to educational neuroscience, whereas critical opinions were mainly found in the social-democrat press. (nih.gov)
  • It also signals Biden's willingness to consider changes that could make the court more representative, accountable, and responsive to public opinion. (constitutionus.com)
  • 5 It would make agencies "more transparent and responsive to the public, while also better promoting important kinds of regulatory competence and dynamism. (harvardlawreview.org)
  • The courts have commended Georgia for its progress in increasing political opportunities for Black voters in the 58 years since passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. (publicnewsservice.org)
  • On the heels of Tuesday's removal of South Dakota's attorney general, a political expert says it appears lawmakers followed through on what voters were hoping for. (publicnewsservice.org)
  • Making parliament reflect the views of the voters. (everything2.com)
  • It enables the voters to express opinions effectively. (everything2.com)
  • Sixty-three percent (63%) of voters believe it is likely that the FBI encouraged social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to "suppress, silence, or reduce the reach of certain political speech and speakers," including 43% who think it's Very Likely. (rasmussenreports.com)
  • Forty percent (40%) of Republicans and 28% of unaffiliated voters now have a Very Unfavorable opinion of the FBI, as do 10% of Democrats. (rasmussenreports.com)
  • Seventy-six percent (76%) of Republicans, 52% of Democrats and 60% of unaffiliated voters think it is at least somewhat likely the FBI encouraged social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to "suppress, silence, or reduce the reach of certain political speech and speakers. (rasmussenreports.com)
  • Majorities of every political category - 52% of Democrats, 75% of Republicans and 63% of unaffiliated voters - believe Congress should investigate whether the FBI was involved in censoring information on social media sites. (rasmussenreports.com)
  • Majorities of every racial category - 62% of whites, 53% of black voters and 67% of other minorities - think it's at least somewhat likely the FBI encouraged social media to "suppress" or "silence" political speech. (rasmussenreports.com)
  • Go to www.Facebook.com and search Basi-Virk Public Inquiry to find the page and join up -- with enough support it will be hard for Clark and other BC Liberal leadership candidates Kevin Falcon, George Abbott, Mike de Jong and Moira Stilwell to become premier while ignoring voters demanding answers. (blogspot.com)
  • Resilience only gets you so far in the absence of resources, a coherent plan, and a public commitment. (commondreams.org)
  • For decades, even many leftist and progressive politicians have considered defending women's reproductive rights a political suicide, though influential feminists within the FMLN party have continued to push the issue both within the party and from their positions in government. (cispes.org)
  • In contrast, from 2006 to the present, public investment grew significantly, reaching an annual average of 11 percent of GDP through 2019. (state.gov)
  • Fritzon's quote is taken from a debate that took place in May 2019 but did not go viral until January 2022 in light of the increased tensions between the West and Russia, which had put Sweden's relationship with NATO at the top of the political agenda. (lu.se)
  • On February 27, 2023, former President Donald Trump announced that he would run for president again in 2024 at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida. (constitutionus.com)
  • Netanyahu, who wrapped up his five-day visit to the U.S. on Thursday, is seeking similar feedback and approval from his own public back home - at a time when many Israelis are wondering whether he will survive a widening police investigation into suspected corruption. (nhpr.org)
  • Scheindlin said this appears to reflect Israel's center and left, who have long opposed Netanyahu, and not Netanyahu's right-wing base. (nhpr.org)
  • Public opinion, heated immigration debates, and a consistent rise of right-wing parties have no doubt played a role in this as well. (migrationpolicy.org)
  • According to Gilder, when politicians try to match their message to 'public opinion' they stultify the political process. (forbes.com)
  • If you want to know what will bring conservative leaders and politicians around, the right level of analysis is not cognitive or psychological but political - it's about money and power. (vox.com)
  • The response to this nosedive in public support for political elites has invariably been: 'we need leadership' or 'we need politicians with vision. (commondreams.org)
  • The poll in question asked respondents what personality traits they most and least associate with a selection of politicians, comprising the chairpersons of every political party in parliament, Reykjavík mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson, and President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. (grapevine.is)
  • Instead of waiting for the resumption of the criminal trial in January 2011 and further cross examination of some of BC's most well-known politicians and political operators, we are left with a sudden guilty plea bargain by Basi and Virk for passing confidential government information on the $1 billion sale of BC Rail on to lobbyists for one bidder. (blogspot.com)
  • That's the conclusion of The Center for Political Accountability (CPA) and The Wharton School's Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research. (corpgov.net)
  • Go to Basi-Virk Public Inquiry on Facebook and sign up - particularly at this time of the BC Liberal leadership contest it's important that British Columbians demand honesty and accountability from those who would lead the province. (blogspot.com)
  • How is it possible to contend that an individual who started their own political party and was elected alongside other members of parliament is not a leader, whether they're born that way or not? (grapevine.is)
  • During this period, the support for Swedish NATO membership has increased both in parliament and among the general public. (lu.se)
  • Massive support for the Palestinian Authority has not stemmed corruption or facilitated a transition from conflict to compromise, while special European relations with Syria have not been reflected in the development of tolerance or democracy. (jcpa.org)
  • Her speech made me reflect on the faltering quest for gender equality in our own constitutional democracy. (thestar.com.my)
  • Traditional defences may offer inadequate protection for free speech in a democracy, while excessively heavy sanctions may inhibit open political debate. (parliament.uk)
  • A new and powerful consensus formed around the notion that market capitalism was the only way to organize the economy and democracy was the only way to organize political life. (commondreams.org)
  • Support for democracy implies opposition to concepts of the Islamic state particularly those that imply the exercise of political power by a self-appointed clerical elite, as in the case of Iran. (freerepublic.com)
  • Following this line, it addresses the mechanisms that lie at the origin of this selectivity and their possible social and political implications. (cidob.org)
  • MFAT's decision to remove te reo from correspondence before new Ministers are sworn in risks undermining the important progress the public sector has made in honouring te Tiriti. (scoop.co.nz)
  • The view that the protection of the Constitution is restricted to the public sector is based on a bygone political ideology. (thestar.com.my)
  • Meanwhile, most Americans--and certainly most New Orleanians--are unable to find jobs with decent wages, benefits, and security at the same time as the shrinking public sector limits their ability to access affordable housing, healthcare, and education. (commondreams.org)
  • What separates New Orleans from other cities is that the attack on public investment, and the promotion of an unregulated private sector, contributed to the greatest disaster in U.S. history. (commondreams.org)
  • Dismantling the public sector has been the guiding mantra for those who have controlled the post-storm recovery. (commondreams.org)
  • It's a day which marks 20 years of QS working in partnership with the sector to build and evolve a robust methodology which reliably reflects the performance of universities across the globe. (topuniversities.com)
  • During the era of Romantic nationalism, this perception of a relation between the Nordic countries gave rise to grand visions of a political union between these sister-nations. (lu.se)
  • If the storm 'delivered a hard lesson about the consequences of gutting public investment,' the authors write, 'we certainly did not apply this wisdom to the recovery. (commondreams.org)
  • Their objectives are to raise public awareness of current proposals to mine the New Zealand seabed and coastline, educate and inform the public as to the consequences of those proposals, and ensure that current and future governments stop considering these and any future seabed mining operations. (savethehighseas.org)
  • Twenty-seven percent (27%) don't think it's likely the FBI encouraged social media to "suppress" or "silence" political speech, while another 11% are not sure. (rasmussenreports.com)
  • However, in the case of Malawi, at least, there are equally formidable political, social and economic barriers in the way of this transition, some perceived, some unfortunately real. (bmj.com)
  • This comment by the Swedish Social Democratic EU MEP Heléne Fritzon sparked much controversy on social media and was met with heavy criticism from some of her political opponents (Jakob Hanke Vela & Lynch, 2022). (lu.se)
  • In the eyes of posterity, however, it has predominantly become associated with left-wing political literature, in the guise of various Marxist source texts and documentary books of social protest published by Cavefors from the mid-1960's onwards. (lu.se)
  • Knowledge management tools and a guided dialogue process known as an Evidence Forum enable community stakeholders to make appropriate use of evidence in diverse social, political, and structural contexts. (cdc.gov)
  • If not, we will find ourselves in a situation that may resemble what we are seeing with marijuana , with its increasing legalization despite having an inadequate knowledge base, because of social and political pressure. (medscape.com)
  • The European Union's massive investments (financial and political) in Middle East peace efforts in the past three decades have failed to produce positive outcomes. (jcpa.org)
  • That divide has held steady for decades now , through shifting weather, political administrations, and cultural moods. (vox.com)
  • Contemporary political discourse often poses energy policymaking as a binary decision-the economy versus the environment, for example. (ourenergypolicy.org)
  • Helvécio Ratton's documentary caused a big crack in the symbolic system of the Brazilian psychiatric public institutions. (bvsalud.org)
  • This is the highest level of support recorded in memory and is consistent across political affiliation. (aha.org)
  • Three-quarters support $100 billion of additional relief for hospitals and other care providers, reflecting recognition of the clinical and financial challenge in the response to COVID-19. (aha.org)
  • and whether they support, justify, or tolerate violence perpetrated in advancement of a political or religious agenda. (freerepublic.com)
  • Whether a political philosophy derives from Western or Quranic sources, to be considered democratic it must unequivocally support pluralism and internationally recognized human rights. (freerepublic.com)
  • Altering the Foundations of Public Support for the President through Priming. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • However, it also stipulates that public investment has priority over private investment (both national and foreign) and that the Bolivian Government will determine which sectors require private investment. (state.gov)
  • In other words, a straight line can be drawn from the cradle of his national political career through the first two-and-a-half years of his presidency. (politico.com)
  • They've raised a local election to this international level, and Taiwan's survival," said Yeh-lih Wang, a political science professor at National Taiwan University. (princegeorgecitizen.com)
  • It shows the tragedy lived by the thousands of patients at the Hospital Colônia, in Barbacena, Minas Gerais, that reflected the national scenario around the year of 1979. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, Cavefors' publishing was not unequivocally a left-wing project, but one that produced titles with varying political attitudes in a host of genres. (lu.se)
  • Rather, it is the consensus of the community (ijma), as reflected in freely expressed public opinion, that determines what God s will is in any particular case. (freerepublic.com)
  • Focus group participants (N = ning, and programming will require coordinated efforts that include strategies to build data capacity, community engagement, buy-in, and 30) identified themes related to community engagement (outreach political will. (cdc.gov)
  • and infrastruc- ture (political will, community design, and infrastructure). (cdc.gov)
  • I am calling for more serious, prudent, thoughtful, and informed opinions to be expressed on this topic before it catches on in the lay public and the medical community does not pay sufficient attention and respond to them accordingly. (medscape.com)
  • Traditional public schools - burdened by centralized bureaucracy, state and federal mandates, and collective bargaining agreements - simply aren't designed to adapt or innovate in real time, even when an emergency arises. (chicagotribune.com)
  • While standing for a political revolution to overthrow the Stalinist bureaucracy, he raised the need for the unconditional defence of the USSR in face of imperialist attack. (marxist.com)
  • They started with data from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, which runs a big survey on climate change opinion every year ( here's 2016 ). (vox.com)
  • Yale surveys more than 18,000 adults and then runs various kinds of statistical regressions ( more on methodology here ) to derive county-level data on climate opinion. (vox.com)
  • Yale also surveyed opinion on carbon controls on power plants (like the Clean Power Plan) and renewable portfolio standards (which require utilities to sell a certain amount of clean energy). (vox.com)
  • While there is no evidence of a short-term contagion effect with similar membership referendums in other countries, the Brexit vote nonetheless poses a serious challenge to the political establishment across Europe. (researchgate.net)
  • Ultimately, the future of EU asylum policies poses a great challenge on how Europe defines its collective political and legal identity. (lu.se)
  • The incident also sparked a political controversy as some Republican lawmakers blamed the Biden administration for neglecting the country's infrastructure and failing to prevent such disasters. (constitutionus.com)
  • If the DPP loses many county seats, then their ability to rule will face a very strong challenge," said You Ying-lung, chair at the Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation that regularly conducts public surveys on political issues. (princegeorgecitizen.com)
  • Instead of conceiving of Scandinavia in the traditional sense-as a geographical area with a homogenous linguistic and cultural identity- we aim to understand Scandinavia as a border-region , in which various forms of language and culture clash and overlap, and in which many of today's urgent political issues are brought to a head. (lu.se)
  • and a public commitment to housing, healthcare, education, and the economy that would have left more of us prepared for a disaster in the first place. (commondreams.org)
  • But the celebration can gloss important facts about the nature of the disaster and the limited nature of the recovery, and these are facts that, despite having come together in an especially powerful, tragic, and criminal way in New Orleans, are rooted in much more general conditions in American political and economic life. (commondreams.org)
  • The G7 countries are the world's economic and political leaders. (bvsalud.org)
  • As would I. Although I could imagine a political case being made that the GCSB shouldn't be feeding data to the Five Eyes network any more. (publicaddress.net)
  • CIDOB analyses the political changes taking place in the region and their effects, both on the countries' development and international integration strategies, as well as on regional balances. (cidob.org)
  • At the same time, the idea of remaining `neutral' in foreign affairs is still prominent in the Swedish identity and particularly cherished by the political left. (lu.se)
  • In the mid-1970's it was Cavefors who elevated Swedish underground lyric poetry from a small but devoted handouts-consuming audience to a culturally interested wider public. (lu.se)
  • Like cities across the country, New Orleans has been controlled by powerful interests and ideologies that have slashed public services and investment while insuring that local, state, and federal governments serve profits over people. (commondreams.org)
  • This is why I know personally that they can work well under pressure, they respect the opinions of others, and are honourable people that one can trust. (grapevine.is)
  • People felt - and still feel - that employer opinion on the most highly-regarded universities for graduate skills and quality is really important. (topuniversities.com)
  • We ended up in this situation where the public was confused, where even well-intended people weren't sure what to do. (medscape.com)
  • We are now seeing increasing calls for using (or at least studying) these drugs from people within the medical profession and outside the medical profession, in the general public of informed observers of literature on this topic. (medscape.com)
  • The interim position was possible following the resignation of Moldovan President, Vladimir Voronin, announced in the morning of 11 September 2009 on the public broadcaster Moldova 1. (wikipedia.org)
  • Virtually all of Moldova's political leaders have weighed in on the issue - Minister of Defence Anatol Şalaru , the socialists, the leader of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova Vladimir Voronin, Renato Usatȋi and representatives of the President of Moldova President . (russiancouncil.ru)
  • Demonstrate understanding of key theories in political behaviour. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • The interactive (seminar) part of the lecture will be dedicated to activities such as group presentations on theories of political behaviour related to your project, discussions of how to develop hypotheses and design the study and select methods (e.g. case studies, experiments, and analyses of survey data). (southampton.ac.uk)
  • Kjarninn reports that Bjarni was none too pleased with the poll, criticising the results and disagreeing with the opinions of the general public. (grapevine.is)
  • he asked, and then chided that it is perhaps unsurprising that he does not understand this "as 95% believe I am not at all in touch with the general public. (grapevine.is)
  • The general opinion is that it is neoclassicism that mainly motivates sentencing in Sweden but not in Norway. (lu.se)
  • Notwithstanding the uncertain political situation, Bolivia's investment climate has remained relatively steady over the past several years. (state.gov)
  • So it's a good time to have another look at public opinion on climate change. (vox.com)
  • They then generate opinion maps on various climate-related topics. (vox.com)
  • It's worth noting that environmental policies and solutions have not been completely caught up in the climate opinion maelstrom. (vox.com)
  • The tobacco industry has a centralized political organization in Oklahoma that promotes and defends its political and market interests at the local and state levels of government. (who.int)
  • [1] These principles have attained significant international endorsement, including by the three official mandates on freedom of expression, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and the OAS Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression. (parliament.uk)
  • Disclaimer: The information and views set out on this website are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), the Parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, or the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC. (who.int)
  • The views and opinions expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views, policies, or positions of CPR or CDC. (cdc.gov)
  • We need to know how to react to a growing body of opinion, which calls for treatments that are not necessarily ready for primetime. (medscape.com)
  • The tobacco industry is a major political force in Oklahoma through lobbying, direct campaign contributions, indirect contributions to the two major political parties and legislative political caucuses, and gifts and entertainment events. (who.int)
  • In the U.S., he was warmly greeted again and again: by President Trump, by U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, by U.S. business leaders and by pro-Israel Americans from AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. (nhpr.org)
  • Netanyahu's coalition could collapse amid a new political crisis - this one over a controversial bill on military draft exemptions to ultra-Orthodox Jews. (nhpr.org)
  • Here in Chicago, we witnessed public schools' failure to make adjustments to reopen safely and restore quality in-person instruction. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Garland vowed to uphold the independence of the Justice Department and restore public trust in its work after years of politicization under former President Trump. (constitutionus.com)
  • The group meetings are designed to enable you to reflect on what you have learned from lectures and reading and to develop plans for the project on political behaviour. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • This event reflects the increasing polarization and politicization of the Supreme Court and its role in shaping the country's laws and values. (constitutionus.com)
  • The accuracy of the results of the poll depends on securing a sample representative of the total universe , that is the whole group whose opinion is being sought. (pinkmonkey.com)
  • In this type of poll, an attempt is made to secure a sample reflecting the variables among the population that can affect opinion. (pinkmonkey.com)
  • Trotsky had predicted that the Second World War would decide the fate of the Soviet Union: it would either lead to a successful political revolution against the Stalin regime, or the victory of capitalist counter-revolution. (marxist.com)