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Status quo is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social, economic, legal, environmental, political, religious, scientific or military issues. [1] In the sociological sense, the status quo refers to the current state of social structure or values. [ 2 ]
status quo: the state in which: The current condition or situation. status quo ante: the state in which [things were] before: The state of affairs prior to some upsetting event. Often used as a legal term. status quo ante bellum: the state before the war: A common term in peace treaties. stet: let it stand
The status quo represents the existing state of affairs. Unresolved difficulties or disagreements concerning the state of affairs can provoke a crisis . Dispute resolution is naturally desired, and naturally provided, by forms of inclusive social interaction, such as consensus decision-making , which adapt, but not conveniently, from a family ...
The Status Quo (Hebrew: סטטוס קוו; Arabic: الوضع الراهن) is an understanding among religious communities with respect to nine shared religious sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. [1] Other holy places in Israel and Palestine were not deemed subject to the Status Quo, because the authorities of one religion or community within a ...
The prevailing view attributes the origins of the status quo to a letter sent by David Ben-Gurion, as chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive, on 19 June 1947, to the ultra-Orthodox Agudat Israel, [1] in order to form a united policy to present to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP), which had commenced its fact-finding tour four days earlier.
Status quo state is a term from power transition theory within the wider field of international relations. It is used to describe states, that unlike revisionist states , see the international system of states, international law and often even free market economics as integral aspects of the international spectrum that should be upheld.
These Hollywood stars have opened up about not fitting into a strictly "male" or "female" category. Demi Lovato, Sam Smith, Janelle Monáe, and Emma D'Arcy all identify as nonbinary.
The "Immovable Ladder" at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.. The Immovable Ladder is a wooden ladder leaning against a window of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, protected from removal or alteration under the law of the Status Quo.