Race, too, is a factor.

They disputed the ownership of the land for years.

Now, of course there is a certain degree of ethnic allegiance, but not entirely.

Whether it is conservatives like Sarkozy, Christian Democrats like Merkel, right wing populists like Berlusconi, or socialists like Zapatero, political affiliation appears to make no difference.

Political Evolution

The policy problem is simple.

Political scheming is guaranteed.

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The political situation has changed.

Europe's indistinct legal identity has another deleterious impact.

It's going to depend if they're wealthy or impoverished.

But their nationality seems to have let them off the hook.

And what does gender, or for that matter, sex, have to do with the Arab Spring?

I CANNOT AND WILL NOT CHOOSE ONE IDENTITY.

For others the motivation is political.

South Korea s Political Springtime

Political demonstration in Azerbaijan.

(Christianophobia or political provocation?).

His political career has ended.

This corporation is a political puppet.

We need a political revolution.

Yet no one thought much about it when American presidents of different faiths swore their oath of office to God and country.

If gender is a proxy for diversity, then central banks fail a basic test of it.

In some countries, formal allegiance to religious faith was symbolized by gestures and rites.

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The political map was subtly but consequentially redrawn.

They were admitted to the EU only fifteen years after the fall of communism, and not all of them had previous experience with democracy.

The political environment is much more hostile.

Sovereign regimes require a political identity.

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Their political cultures are underdeveloped.

How does Algeria's political system work?

For Geremek, Polishness denoted neither a biological community nor a blood lineage.

Indeed, the protagonists of caste politics and caste based public policy simply cannot validate their assertions, offering only small sample surveys that can be grossly misleading in the context of a huge country characterized by monumental diversity.

Being a woman need not and should not be among the greatest challenges of life.

Whether caste is a good indicator of socioeconomic deprivation remains an unsettled issue.

The image shows a woman from a gang in El Salvador with the tattoos that identify gang members.

They assume that being tribal is inferior, says Pawan.

Race and ancestry In terms of race and ethnicity, the state was 80.1 White (74.2 non Hispanic White), 15.6 Black or African American, 0.9 American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3 Asian, and 1.8 from Two or More Races.

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The political atmosphere in Egypt remains volatile.

Hu Jia s political actions are much more modest than that.

Despite all the years of stressing military modernization,'' the system of indoctrination by Political Commissars remains the soul of PLA units.

Thus ended my (minor) political career.