political independence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoliticalandindependence
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political
adjective
uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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independence
noun[U]
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dəns/us/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dəns/
freedom from being governed or ruled by ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandindependencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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How influential were the nationalist movements and the nationalist leaders in bringing aboutpoliticalindependence?
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Politicalindependencehas turned out not to have had such a straightforward connection with development as many commentators and analysts once assumed.
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Countries coming topoliticalindependenceare confronted with a number of competing economic and social issues which they must tackle.
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Political decentralisation should not only connote the election of subnational officials, but also thepoliticalindependenceof these officials from the centre once elected.
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The local tradition of political thought was already sensitive to the problems of dependency, prosperity, andpoliticalindependence.
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Yet the inherent tendency of imperialism was to violatepoliticalindependence.
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It makes it possible to compare the old era of cultural andpoliticalindependencewith the new era of foreign government.
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Likewise, professional associations sometimes in existence beforepoliticalindependencecame to be defined by their own social bases.
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In addition, she analyzes the ways in which each of the three journals explicated "politicalindependencethrough nation-building" and "politicalindependencethrough progress".
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In theory, life tenure should securepoliticalindependence, as career ambitions should be directed to remaining in office for life or until retirement.
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Such a position has the advantages to provide legitimacy, strengths to recommendations, andpoliticalindependence(24).
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Menem, by contrast, implemented important advances in terms of access and efficiency, but deliberately undermined thepoliticalindependenceof the courts.
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If upcountry yeomen felt that slaveholders were compromising their freedom andpoliticalindependence, by charging taxes for internal improvements for example, they were unlikely to continue their acquiescence.
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It was thus able to move from defence to offence, winning a major battle in 1988 which was the prelude to total military victory andpoliticalindependencethree years later.
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In the course of a long paragraph, he then writes : _politicalindependencedid not bring cultural independence, and _ the former led to a clamour for the latter.
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These include the strengthening of thepoliticalindependenceof the electoral commission, enhancing the fairness of the electoral system, and improving the degree of proportionality of the electoral formula.
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That is why the operational independence of a chief officer is the best guarantee of thepoliticalindependenceof the police service.
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They will expect theirpoliticalindependenceto be clothed with rising standards.
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Politicalindependencefor councils would mean nothing without financial independence.
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Does notpoliticalindependencenecessarily involve economic self-sufficiency?
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