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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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Habermas, Islam, and theorizing the "Other"

TL;DR: In the wake of 9/11, Jurgen Habermas as discussed by the authors has been at the forefront of debates involving religion in the public sphere, and has responded to the problems of terrorism, "radical...
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Postsecularism as colonialism by other means

TL;DR: The authors argue that the postsecular, particularly as it is deployed by Jurgen Habermas and Alasdair MacIntyre, seeks to seduce religious believers and practitioners into just this same logic of self-colonization so that they might be recognized as defenders of an increasingly insecure, liberal nation-state against those who might seek to take advantage of its vulnerability.
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Constructing democracy with others:deliberative theory and social identity

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that deliberative theories of democracy should not consider deliberators only as socially embedded actors but should consider social groups and social identity as a ground for political participation.
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Sincerity as Strategy: Green Movements and the Problem of Reconciling Deliberative and Instrumental Action

TL;DR: In this paper, social movements seek to influence views on environmental issues and put pressure on policy-makers in a range of related areas, but alongside their specific goals, they also often strive to create...
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Social media, mass media and the 'public sphere': differentiation, complementarity and co-existence

TL;DR: The authors discusses the generic relationship between social media and mass media from a systems-theoretical point of view and addresses the question of whether the social web is in fact on the path to democratizing the public sphere.
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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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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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