political survival

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliticalandsurvival

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political
adjective
uk
/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/
us
/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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survival
noun
uk
/səˈvaɪ.vəl/
us
/sɚˈvaɪ.vəl/
the fact of a person, organization, etc. continuing to live ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandsurvivalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Economic performance, in turn, has shaped prospects forpoliticalsurvivalin ways that influence policy.
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Although this also brought research to the agenda, priority had to be given topoliticalsurvivaland clinical training.
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For presidents whosepoliticalsurvivalwas in question, heeding the demands of provincial governors for greater revenue shares could enhance their legitimacy to govern.
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Thepoliticalsurvivalof the new institution is attributed to the ways in which public house licensing both regulated and also legitimated the coffeehouse.
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Our contention is that the authorities might prefer to choose an intermediate level of enforcement in order secure thepoliticalsurvivalof the new exploitation regime.
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No doubt it will put the matters right, because it is not motivated bypoliticalsurvival.
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The fact that it was an economic crisis which precipitated his resignation lends credence to the argument above that hispoliticalsurvivaldepended, above all, on the country's economic vitality.
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Militancy results from the internal dynamics of the union and the leadership's search forpoliticalsurvival, whereas the organizational structure of unions affects their ability to obtain concessions (p. 13).
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His death weakens the government, which is already fighting forpoliticalsurvivalfollowing the withdrawal of a coalition partner.
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Never has partypoliticalsurvivaltriumphed so wildly over national economic interests as we see happening today.
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Still, contrary to high authority, it brings them not death, but their one hope ofpoliticalsurvival.
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I dare say that no institution this century facingpoliticalsurvivalon its own has had the same amount of political support.
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The logic ofpoliticalsurvivalnecessitates that these groups avoid openly confronting state elites.
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To combat the myriad threats topoliticalsurvival, a leader needs resources.
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The trigger-happy junta, anxious for itspoliticalsurvival, took this as an invitation to occupy, because they imagined that the door would be left unlocked when they got there.
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His exposition demonstrates that this devolution was a result of historical forces effecting the social development andpoliticalsurvivalof these organizations.
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