To guard against the tyranny of a numerical majority, Calhoun developed his theory of `` concurrent majority '', which, he said, `` by giving to each portion of the community which may be unequally affected by the action of government, a negative on the others, prevents all partial or local legislation ''.

The third type, however, wrenches attention from the life of action and interests in the community and focuses it on the ground of being on which the community depends for its existence.

Correlatively, can we reduce the role of the district courts, so that the action is that of the people of the community or other school district and not that of the law court??

The achievement of the desegregation of certain lunch counters not only by wise action by local community leaders but by voluntary action following consultation between Attorney General Rogers and the heads of certain national chain stores should, of course, be applauded.

The end or aim of the action, of course, is also important, especially where it is not alone a matter of changing community customs but of the use of deadly economic power to intimidate a person from stepping forward to claim his legal rights, e.g., against Negroes who register to vote in Fayette County, Tennessee, at the present moment.

Community building that is geared toward citizen action is usually termed " community organizing.

As well as teaching knowledge about democracy, parliament, government, the justice system, human rights and the UK's relations with the wider world, students participate in active citizenship, often involving a social action or social enterprise in their local community.

The consensus in the scientific community is that the Duesberg hypothesis has been refuted by a large and growing mass of evidence showing that HIV causes AIDS, that the amount of virus in the blood correlates with disease progression, that a plausible mechanism for HIV's action has been proposed, and that anti-HIV medication decreases mortality and opportunistic infection in people with AIDS.

Nonprofit organizations such as Adaptive Action Sports seek to increase awareness of the participation in action sports by members of the disabled community, as well as increase access to the adaptive technologies that make participation possible and to competitions such as The X Games.

For example, Jews who have converted under duress may be permitted to return to Judaism " without any action on their part but their desire to rejoin the Jewish community " and " A proselyte who has become an apostate remains, nevertheless, a Jew ".

Muralitharan's career has been beset with controversy ; his bowling action called into question on a number of occasions by umpires and sections of the cricket community.

The report concluded that " control of these areas of action is an inevitable component of social interactions in a group or community.

Initially the community and police were hesitant to act against PAGAD activities, recognising the need for community action against crime in the gang-ridden communities of the Cape Flats.

This action garnered mixed reactions from the wrestling community, where some consider it ruins the experience to the spectators as does exposure in illusionism.

( Deutoronomy ) This action was conceived of as a defensive measure to ensure that the Muslim community could be confident of its continued survival in Medina.

The phenomena of community action, shunning, scapegoating, generosity, shared risk, and reward are common to many forms of society.

As a result of this action, Chinatown remains the longest, continuous running Chinese community outside of Asia.

Seeing genre as a social action provides the " keys to understanding how to participate in the actions of a community " ( Miller 165 ).

He insisted on the invasion, although he expected that the international community would blame the USSR for this action ; the decision led to the Soviet war in Afghanistan ( 1979 – 1989 ).

Central to its mission was the idea of " community action ", the participation of the poor in framing and administering the programs designed to help them.

Lenkiewicz hoped that the exhibition, and the down and outs ' own stories, would illuminate the plight of these ' invisible people ' and galvanize the community into humane action on their behalf.

By 1955 effective political action groups within the Algerian colonial community succeeded in convincing many of the governors general sent by Paris that the military was not the way to resolve the conflict.

Intense interaction is easier where segregated living and occupational segregation mark off a group from the rest of the community, as in the case of this population.

Confused and divided though this tradition may be, it is an important part of the social and cultural heritage of the group, and acts as a means of socialization, particularly for members of the rural community.

A religious community with a vital sense of mission achieves a degree of group orientation and group identification seldom found elsewhere.

Armenia is interested in cooperating with other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS, a group of 12 former Soviet republics ) and with members of the international community on environmental issues.

Armenia doesn't seem to be interested in cooperating with other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( a group of 12 former Soviet republics ) or with members of the international community on environmental issues.

Although most of the members of the community signed a document issued by Hasan Ali Shah summarizing the practices of the Ismailis, a group of dissenting Khojas surprisingly asserted that the community had always been Sunni.

A group chosen to be on the BOCA album earns much credibility among the a cappella community.

The term can also refer to the national community or international community, and, 2 ) in biology, a community is a group of interacting living organisms sharing a populated environment.

A community is a group or society, helping each other.

The second meaning is similar to the usage of the term in other social sciences: a community is a group of people living near one another who interact socially.

Such groups facilitate and encourage consensus decision-making with a focus on the general health of the community rather than a specific interest group.

# Communities of culture: range from the local clique, sub-culture, ethnic group, religious, multicultural or pluralistic civilisation, or the global community cultures of today.

Possibly the most common usage of the word " community " indicates a large group living in close proximity.

In some contexts, " community " indicates a group of people with a common identity other than location.

* A " professional community " is a group of people with the same or related occupations.

* A virtual community is a group of people primarily or initially communicating or interacting with each other by means of information technologies, typically over the Internet, rather than in person.

A cabal is a group of people united in some close design together, usually to promote their private views or interests in a church, state, or other community, often by intrigue.

Citizen Corps CERT training is provided free to interested members of the community, and is delivered in a group classroom setting.

Distributist ideas were put into practice by The Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic, a group of artists and craftsmen who established a community in Ditchling, Sussex, England, in 1920, with the motto ' Men rich in virtue studying beautifulness living in peace in their houses '.

The Book of Ezra describes how he led a group of Judean exiles living in Babylon to their home city of Jerusalem ( Ezra 8. 2-14 ) where he enforced observance of the Torah and cleansed the community of mixed marriages.

Secondly, he discussed the importance of teaching the ideals of community to each group of students.