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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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Exploring the critical agenda in information systems research
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What is a Neo-Weberian State? Reflections on a Concept and its Implications
TL;DR: According to Pollitt and Bouckaert as discussed by the authors, there are three main groups of reformers: the maintainers, the modernizers, and the marketizers, which are the core, Anglo-American NPM marketizers and the continental European modernizers.
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ICRP Publication 138: Ethical Foundations of the System of Radiological Protection.
K-W. Cho,M-C. Cantone,C Kurihara-Saio,B. Le Guen,Nicole E. Martinez,Deborah Oughton,Thierry Schneider,R. Toohey,Friedo Zölzer +8 more
TL;DR: The purpose of this publication is to describe how the ICRP Commission has relied on ethical values, either intentionally or indirectly, in developing the system of radiological protection with the objective of presenting a coherent view of how ethics is part of this system.
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Beyond the Arab Street: Iraq and the Arab Public Sphere
TL;DR: The role of public opinion and public discourse in the politics of Arab states has been examined in this paper, where the authors argue that the common view of the "Arab street" fails to capture essential dimensions of the role played by public opinion in Arab politics.
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Language Policy and Nation-Building in Post-Apartheid South Africa
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Varieties of Participation in Complex Governance
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Deliberative democracy or agonistic pluralism
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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
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