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Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy

Brendan Sweetman
- 01 Feb 1997 - 
- Vol. 51, Iss: 1, pp 153-155
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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.

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Talking politics online within spaces of popular culture: the case of the big brother forum

Todd R. Graham
- 01 Dec 2010 - 
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 Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom

Yochai Benkler
- 01 May 2006 - 
TL;DR: In this comprehensive social theory of the Internet and the networked information economy, Benkler describes how patterns of information, knowledge, and cultural production are changing--and shows that the way information and knowledge are made available can either limit or enlarge the ways people can create and express themselves.
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Varieties of Participation in Complex Governance

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop a framework for understanding the range of institutional possibilities for public participation, including who participates, how participants communicate with one another and make decisions together, and how discussions are linked with policy or public action.

Deliberative democracy or agonistic pluralism

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the current debate about the nature of democracy and discuss the main theses of the approach called "deliberative democracy" in its two main versions, the one put forward by John Rawls, and the other one put forth by Jurgen Habermas.
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The New Public Sphere: Global Civil Society, Communication Networks, and Global Governance

TL;DR: Public diplomacy, as the diplomacy of the public, not of the government, intervenes in this global public sphere, laying the ground for traditional forms of diplomacy to act beyond the strict negotiation of power relationships by building on shared... as mentioned in this paper.
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