Graffiti explodes in periods of political and social changes and becomes itself a form of public power to resist authoritarian power.

Public diplomacy is an important tool in the arsenal of smart power, but smart public diplomacy requires an understanding of credibility, self criticism, and the role of civil society in generating soft power.

Power cuts and public service strikes are a regular feature of daily life.

They will also save on investments in new roads, power plants, schools, and other public services.

Today, it is often comedians who claim to speak truth to power and to the public.

And that was a stroke of absolute genius, because what they did was they harnessed the power of the contract, private power, to deliver public goods.

The public was left wondering what will happen in this game of rivalry between the people in power and the people yet to be handed power.

If it degenerates into propaganda, public diplomacy not only fails to convince, but can undercut soft power.

It is a necessary protection against abuses of power and cover ups of wrongdoing by public officials.

These issues require cooperation in the provision of global public goods and the soft power of attracting support.

In October 2011, South Korea hosted of a series of events to raise public awareness about nuclear power.

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, in power for 18 years, has crushed the opposition. His ruling party dominates public institutions.

The Public Prosecutor will also have the power to ask for the police intervention and the collaboration of the public services, in addition to supervise the public and private establishments that care for women under a situation of violence.

In Pakistan, a discredited military was forced by public opinion to withdraw from power, creating political space for elected representatives.

Two other buildings on the island are the Power House and the Alster Tower both are open to the public.

The Algerian state seems to be winning the power struggle between the private and public sector via national provider Algeria Telecom.

CAMBRIDGE Countries are poor because governments are corrupt. And, unless they ensure that public resources are not stolen, and that public power is not used for private gain, they will remain poor, right?

Sarkozy, who during his electoral campaign vowed to be the president who delivers on purchasing power, now faces an angry French public whose primary complaint is that purchasing power is being eroded by inflation.

Sarkozy, who during his electoral campaign vowed to be the president who delivers on purchasing power, now faces an angry French public whose primary complaint is that purchasing power is being eroded by inflation.

The CCP s monopoly of public moral authority is long gone, and now its monopoly of political power is at risk as well.

As the perception of non partisanship in public administration has diminished, proximity to those in power has become another source of tension.

Similarly, we will need renewed public confidence in a new generation of nuclear power, with plants that are safe and reliably monitored.

While in power, Suharto didn t allow the media, academia, or the the public to discuss or probe what really happened in 1965.

Agenda setting hypothesizes that media have the power to influence the public discourse, and tell people what are important issues facing society.

According to the information provided by the administering Power, in May 2004, the Public Utilities Commission was established and is now operational.

Such total surrender of power to exercise public authority on Swedish territory was, according to the Ombudsman, clearly contrary to Swedish law.

There are ways to define our interests in which, while protecting ourselves with hard power, we can organize with others in networks to produce, not only public goods, but ways that will enhance our soft power.

Adolf Hitler came to power in January 1933, and by March 30, the new regime banned it as an incitement to public disorder.

The problem is no longer too much power in the president s hands, but too much power in the hands of veto centers including public sector unions that are blocking much needed reforms, including in the health system.

In recent years, public debate has discussed whether Estonia should build a nuclear power plant to secure energy production after closure of old units in the Narva Power Plants, if they are not reconstructed by the year 2016.

They can be members of parliaments where they represent legislative authority, they can be ministers, deputies, assistants, etc. where they represent executive power, or presidents of courts, judges, public prosecutors and defenders where they represent the judicial power.

Five Nordic countries have joined the US Treasury in ending public financing of new coal fired power plants overseas, and others may soon follow suit.

Mixed signals from competing power centers don t help nor does the recurring contrast between Iranian officials usually strident public pronouncements and often moderate private discourse.

Public interest is the missile, and the target is the ruling power, which protects itself by providing a decoy in the form of aimless talk.

Clearly, in relation to contracts of carriage concluded between parties of broadly equal bargaining power, this approach would not give rise to public policy concerns.

The changes in the law required for the practical transfer to the taupulegas of the power to provide certain public services have entered into force.

Local power, central power, now, people power.

This check on executive power can be employed through binding legislation, public debates on government policy, investigations, and direct questioning of the chancellor or cabinet officials.

Participatory budgeting allows citizens to identify, discuss, and prioritize public spending projects, and gives them the power to make real decisions about how money is spent.

It should be noted here, before the 1994 elections, the participation of women in positions power in relevant public services and political positions was nearly null.

It is largely a matter of providing public goods basic infrastructure like roads, bridges, ports, and power, as well as access to education and basic health care.

The extractive elites control public power and the big service companies, and form a caste that takes up the country's wealth just as parasitics do with hosts.

And, while mistresses abound among the privileged classes, they do not strut publicly by their power mates sides. Kissing and fondling in public, even by spouses, is taboo.

While the Wahhabis could yet be bribed again with oil money, the sect s power hungry judges eagerly await the next beheading, stoning, or lashing in Riyadh s public square.

It is impossible not to hear in such nonsense the cocksure drumbeat of the Money Power, which has never failed to identify the public interest with its own.