Word: pluralist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...influence the decisions which most directly concern them. Community action was seen in Washington during the early years of the War on Poverty as a means of correcting this political problem by creating organizations for the poor--organizations which would represent them and their interests in the struggles of pluralist politics...
...plural. It stands united against white America; on that much he agrees with Innis. However, the whites are not united in the same way against black America. Here he parts company with Innis and sees a chance for the "black community" to wield great power in a pluralist society...
...crucial decisions to be made on Vietnam, the military-industrial complex, and the problems of the cities. Ultimately, the Ripon people and the Republican liberals whom they represent may encounter once again the fundamental problem facing men who enter politics armed only with ideas and a non-pluralist ethic of public service: they just can't find a lever on power...
...children of Biafra, like children in all wars, are the victims of a struggle beyond their control. Their parents, rightly or wrongly, believe that the Ibos must follow their own destiny and carve out their own mini-nation. The federal Nigerians believe in the vision of a united, pluralist Nigerian nation. The cruel dilemma has been eloquently summed up by Yoruba Playwright Wole Soyinka. "Every Ibo man, woman and child believes today that he is fighting a last-ditch battle for his home and his dignity," he says. "What that means in practical terms to the nation is that...
...convinced that our profession will never help us to advance from our wasteful, cruel, pluralist pseudo-politics in the direction of justice and humane politics until we" do this, Bay said...