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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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The public sphere as an essentially contested concept: A co-citation analysis of the last 20 years of public sphere research
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Reflexive integration in Europe
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Creating informed public opinion: citizen deliberation about nanotechnologies for human enhancements
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Beyond the Semantic ‘Big Bang’: Cultural Sociology and an Aesthetic Public Sphere
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