How to Reconstruct a Nation - McIntosh, S. Ali

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Résumé :
Citizens of the great nation, The Bahamas, have many questions to answer, not only about economic growth and sustenance but about the moral and social dilemma in which we find ourselves. The country is in a crisis, entangled in a morass of immense crime, violence, and moral and spiritual decadence. How much longer can we survive on this path? How should nations spiraling out of control be governed? What is our role as citizens in reconstructing our nation? How to Reconstruct a Nation takes an in-depth look at the political dynamics in the Bahamas. Included are reform ideas in the context of democracy, thoughts, experiences, and divine revelations. This combination provides thought-provoking and inspiring information on how to promote institutional integrity and the establishment of moral authority for national leadership. All in our beloved country must face the reality before us. No longer can we be engrossed in partisan politics and blindly follow the ill-focused and ineffective agendas of political leaders. Government is for the people, and by the people. Therefore, we the people must make the call for constitutional reform, integrity, and righteous leadership to take our country forward.How should the people respond to institutions of leadership? What is the role of the church in influencing the governing process and public policy in our society? Is there a case for higher ethics and morality in politics? Legitimacy and moral authority The components of accountable governance...

Biographie:
Sharell Ali McIntosh was born in St. Matthew's Parish on the island of New Providence in April 1966, just nine months before the attainment of Majority Rule in January 1967. Enjoying the privilege of being raised in a Post-Colonized Bahamas, S. Ali McIntosh, as she is professionally known, is a student of history and a first-generation product of an Independent Bahamas and a Government Educational system, graduating in 1983 from the renowned R.M. Bailey Senior High School in Nassau. Brought up in a home with two talented pastoral parents, Ali is an avid reader, and has been involved in leadership in Church work all of her life, spending the last 27 years as a Prayer Intercessor and Lay Preacher & Lay Administrator, in the Bahamas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Trained as a newspaper Journalist, and a Radio & News broadcaster with the Government-Owned Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas since the 1980s...

Sommaire:
Citizens of the great nation, The Bahamas, have many questions to answer, not only about economic growth and sustenance but about the moral and social dilemma in which we find ourselves. The country is in a crisis, entangled in a morass of immense crime, violence, and moral and spiritual decadence. How much longer can we survive on this path? How should nations spiraling out of control be governed? What is our role as citizens in reconstructing our nation? How to Reconstruct a Nation takes an in-depth look at the political dynamics in the Bahamas. Included are reform ideas in the context of democracy, thoughts, experiences, and divine revelations. This combination provides thought-provoking and inspiring information on how to promote institutional integrity and the establishment of moral authority for national leadership. All in our beloved country must face the reality before us. No longer can we be engrossed in partisan politics and blindly follow the ill-focused and ineffective agendas of political leaders. Government is for the people, and by the people. Therefore, we the people must make the call for constitutional reform, integrity, and righteous leadership to take our country forward.How should the people respond to institutions of leadership? What is the role of the church in influencing the governing process and public policy in our society? Is there a case for higher ethics and morality in politics? Legitimacy and moral authority The components of accountable governance...