Spheres of Justice: A Defense of Pluralism and Equality
TL;DR: Lawler as mentioned in this paper argued that being for the freeze means that one is not for disarmament, which is hardly a rational position in the sense that it is suspect if not immoral, in the eyes of some.
Abstract: that a plurality of the American Catholic bishops endorse a nuclear freeze (p. 4), saying that they are thus "taking their stance with Moscow,55 which is for a freeze, and not with the Vatican, which "is still in favor of disarmament?not a freeze.55 To make any sense at all, Mr. Lawler must mean that being for the freeze means that one is not for disarmament? hardly a rational position. One recalls here the arguments, during the 19305s and 19405s, that being for racial justice in the United States was suspect if not immoral, in the eyes of some, because the communists also favored it.
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TL;DR: This paper found that policy makers have not reached a reasonable consensus on whether undocumented immigrants should receive financial aid nor developed a consistent set of conditions for eligibility. But they did not consider the impact of undocumented immigrants' immigration status on their work.
Abstract: Policy makers have not reached a reasonable consensus on whether undocumented immigrants should receive financial aid nor developed a consistent set of conditions for eligibility. This article buil...
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...In this regard, citizenship enables political communities to be sovereign states first and foremost through powers to determine who is and who is not a citizen (Joppke, 1998; Soysal, 1994; Walzer, 1983)....
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...Two prominent reasons are for protection and self-determination (Joppke, 1998; Shafir, 1998; Soysal, 1994; Walzer, 1983)....
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...Yet the Perry (2005) study found that stakeholders agree on the overall conditions that determine with “whom we make those choices, from whom we require obedience and collect taxes, [and] to whom we allocate goods and services” (Walzer, 1983, p. 31)....
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...Membership is important because whom we deem as members determines with “whom we make those choices, from whom we require obedience and collect taxes, [and] to whom we allocate goods and services” (Walzer, 1983, p. 31)....
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...Although citizenship is the ultimate form of membership, communally determined goods are not distributed in a closed system composed of beneficiaries and nonbeneficiaries, citizens and noncitizens (Walzer, 1983)....
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the effect of institutional norms on judicial behavior in the United States Supreme Court and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal in immigration cases and concluded that these enduring structures better explain judicial behavior than such factors as the characteristics of individual judges, which is the focus of standard modes of analysis.
Abstract: Author(s): Law, Anna O | Abstract: This paper examines the effect of overarching institutional norms on judicial behavior in the United States Supreme Court and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal in immigration cases. Law argues that distinct operational norms govern the different levels of the judiciary, causing the two courts to adopt divergent approaches to immigration cases. While the high court is mainly concerned with resolving grand questions of jurisprudence, the Circuit Courts of Appeals are more parochial in focus and attends to questions of procedural due process. Law attributes the difference in approaches taken by the two courts to their specific and dissimilar institutional contexts and concludes that these enduring structures better explain judicial behavior than such factors as the characteristics of individual judges, which is the focus of standard modes of analysis.
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TL;DR: In this article, a number of theoretical perspectives about uncertainty and participation in the present-day knowledge-based society are reviewed, and different participatory arrangements are shaped into instruments of policy -making and framing regulatory processes.
Abstract: This essay reviews a number of theoretical perspectives about uncertainty and participation in the present-day knowledge-based society. After discussing the on-going reconfigurations of science, technology and society, we examine how appropriate for policy studies are various theories of social complexity. Post-normal science is such an example of a complexity-motivated approach, which justifies civic participation as a policy response to an increasing uncertainty. But there are different categories and models of uncertainties implying a variety of configuration s of policy processes. A particular role in all of them is played by expertise whose democratization is an often-claimed imperative nowadays. Moreover, we discuss how different participatory arrangements are shaped into instruments of policy - making and framing regulatory processes. As participation necessitates and triggers deliberation, we proceed to examine the role and the barriers of deliberativeness. Finally, we conclude by referring to some critical views about the ultimate assumptions of recent European policy frameworks and the conceptions of civic participation and politicization that they invoke.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the EU accession of Southeast Europe countries and present a unique chance to understand the real capability and superiority of technocratic solution, as a dominating doctrine in accession processes, exerted in situations of limited capacities in decision making, lack of established democratic institution, which presume weak capabilities in setting up long term strategies.
Abstract: The moral philosophy of management and the effects of the dominating doctrines in public policy and decision making, in wider terms means to question what kind of relations, once applied, these doctrines and strategies created between state, groups and individual rights. The EU accession of Southeast Europe countries represents a unique chance to understand the real capability and superiority of technocratic solution, as a dominating doctrine in accession processes, exerted in situations of limited capacities in decision making, lack of established democratic institution, which presume weak capabilities in setting up long term strategies. A unique chance to test the real value of the so-called cold and rational solutions in public decision making. In this case the trade off is between the kind of society this political and managerial doctrine creates, how much the interests of those who mandates the “technocratic power” by the power transfer process are still in balance or under consideration.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors hold a critical conversation about the distribution of learning analytics benefits, whose interests library LA serves, and how informational injustices accrue to students as library users.
Abstract: Academic libraries have begun to consider their role in learning analytics (LA). Some librarians have expressed great optimism about data-driven analytics and the insights such practices may develop with regard to the library’s role in improving learning outcomes or increasing graduation rates. On the face of it, information systems librarians maintain and the informational products (e.g., databases and digital libraries) to which they provide students access hold data that could reveal a unique view into students’ intellectual behaviors. Such data could provide value to LA algorithms and enhance related outcomes, and institutions may seek more involvement from their librarians in aggregating and mining student data. However, these initiatives are not without moral questions. In this chapter, we hold a critical conversation about the distribution of LA benefits, whose interests library LA serves, and how informational injustices accrue to students as library users.
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