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Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy
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This article is published in Review of Metaphysics.The article was published on 1997-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2568 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Democracy.read more
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Talking politics online within spaces of popular culture: the case of the big brother forum
TL;DR: This article examined political talk within a space dedicated to popular culture and found that nearly a quarter of the postings from the Big Brother sample were engaged in political talk, which was often deliberative in nature.
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Political realism meets civic republicanism
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors offer five desiderata on a realist normative theory of politics: moralism, deontologism, transcendentalism, utopianism, and vanguardism.
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On the Difference Between Designing Children and Raising Them: Ethics and the Use of Educationally Oriented Biotechnology
TL;DR: The use of educationally oriented biotechnology has grown drastically in recent decades and is likely to continue to grow as discussed by the authors, and the use of psychiatric drugs with children and adolescents to improve their academic performance.
Between justice and certainty : treaty making in modern-day British Columbia
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the interplay between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal visions of justice and certainty, and argue that the B.C. Treaty Process, as it currently stands, fails to provide a reliable means for the parties to negotiate 'between justice' and certainty.
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South African NGOs and the public sphere: between popular movements and partnerships for development
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that donors' overwhelming focus on NGOs as the sole representative of civil society may contribute to a homogenous and institutionalised public sphere, and the tendency for NGOs to be drawn into partnerships with government bodies and corporate sponsors casts doubt on their ability to open up spaces for critical public debate.
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The New Public Sphere: Global Civil Society, Communication Networks, and Global Governance
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Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism
TL;DR: Tweets and the Streets as mentioned in this paper examines the relationship between the rise of social media and the emergence of new forms of protest, arguing that activists' use of Twitter and Facebook does not fit with the image of a "cyberspace" detached from physical reality.
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