The Slave Ethos and the African Economy

And a city s ethos shapes more than its leaders.

Paris, on the other hand, has a romantic ethos.

It is this vital multilateral ethos that Europe must champion.

In Poland, for example, the prevailing mix of Catholicism and nationalism made society particularly resistant to communism (certainly in comparison with the egalitarian, social democratic ethos of pre war Czechoslovakia).

We have moved slowly but surely to shore up a democratic ethos.

Africa faces a crisis of leadership and governance, owing to a dysfunctional ethos.

But emphasizing the reduction of social inequalities does not sit easily with America s profoundly individualistic ethos, and the attempt to Europeanize the nature of the social contract between the state and its citizens might yet crash against the constitutive principles of the American system.

The ethos of Israel s far right consists in its insistence on blurring this distinction.

It has replaced Israel s early pioneering ethos with the temptations of modernity, liberalism, and normalcy.

Yet the differences between, say, Beijing and Jerusalem, suggest that cities do have such an ethos.

In both cases, despite objections to the ruling ideology s specific tenets, few reject the ethos itself.

This matters in part because cities with a clear ethos can better resist globalization s homogenizing tendencies.

The identity of nations, their ethos, has always been a defining motive in their strategic priorities.

According to him, Romans, like other people, had an historical ethos preserved mainly in the noble families.

In general, Western societies, it seems, are experiencing a certain crisis of the democratic ethos and active citizenship.

An individual approach is absolutely essential in the light of the ministries' own ethos, policy areas and networks.

It has eroded the Israeli ethos of respect for the lives of civilians, even when militants hide among them.

Cities with a strong ethos can also accomplish political goals that are difficult to achieve at the national level.

The positive ethos of building a new society was supposed to compensate for the poverty of the territorial solution.

We have pressed into the service of development our own intellectual resources, which are products of our own ethos.

Can a new balance between the democratic ethos and the undertows of the region s political history and culture be found?

The change in work ethos (it is becoming more normal' to work part time) is expected to do the rest.

We need to empower people to remember the compassionate ethos, and to give guidelines. This Charter would not be a massive document.

It is based on a strong, legally entrenched (though never perfect) ethos of gender equality that has typified Zionism from its start.

All of its miracles, as well as its terrifying contradictions, can be explained as consequences of an ethos that is initially European.

The president s domestic agenda is bold and revolutionary, but it clashes frontally with the most fundamental tenets of America s liberal and individualistic ethos.

In the ancient world, Athenians identified with their city s democratic ethos, while Spartans prided themselves on their city s reputation for military discipline and strength.

Bernanke s legacy is decidedly mixed, but its most appealing feature is the ethos of collegiality and shared responsibility that he encouraged at the Fed.

Of course, the parallels end at some point, because batteries and engines aren t quite the equivalent of PCs, but the ethos is much the same.

Moreover, school curricula and textbooks have incorporated the culture of tolerance and respect for culture diversity, while preserving the values and ethos of Qatari society.

Had it been Pakistan s ethos, the Taliban in Swat wouldn t have needed to blast schools people would have happily pulled their daughters from the schools themselves.

Halappanavar s death resulted from the fanatical, atavistic behavior of a Western theocracy, while Indian protesters and lawmakers have upheld the scientific, rationalist ethos of the Enlightenment.

He laments that the Japanese are especially fond of the idea of Japaneseness, making it possible that Japan may become the last hero of a dying ethos.

Build the political will necessary to Create a national and international ethos which clearly identifies the importance and value of educating girls as well as boys Make the education of girls a priority recognizing the key role it plays in eradicating poverty, promoting social integration, creating full employment and accomplishing the Millennium Development Goals.

And Palestinians would view any solution to the refugee problem that Israel might accept as a betrayal of the ethos of Palestinian nationalism, namely the Right of Return.

In this context, one delegation called for a stronger ethos of corporate developmental responsibility, so as to ensure that the business sector is a positive agent of development.

Indeed, despite of the rise of Fayaadism, the Palestinian national movement will be careful not to betray its real sources of legitimacy the ethos of dispossession and the refugee.

The state s gradual decomposition its degenerate ethos of rent seeking and appropriation of public goods finally pushed Russia s citizens, especially its young post communist middle class, into the streets.

Indeed, despite of the rise of Fayaadism, the Palestinian national movement will be careful not to betray its real sources of legitimacy the ethos of dispossession and the refugee.

This ethos will also help us maximize the potential benefits of such flux. After all, without unforeseen change, much of human endeavor would be fruitless, and innovation would be unnecessary.

Of course, today s urban areas are huge, diverse, and pluralistic, so it may seem strange to say that a modern city has an ethos that informs its residents collective life.

Hu pledged to replace Deng s elitist ethos of letting one part of the population get rich first a policy that has produced a staggering wealth gap with a more egalitarian approach.

In the 1920s the formation of the first communist parties in the Middle East started playing a key role in the anti colonial struggle and promoting their ethos regarding workers rights.

His creed became the ethos of a decade of corporate and financial sector excesses that ended in the late 1980 s collapse of the junk bond market and the Savings Loan crisis.