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The Civil Contract of Photography

, 2021
In this compelling work, Ariella Azoulay reconsiders the political and ethical status of photography. Describing the power relations that sustain and make possible photographic meanings, Azoulay argues that anyone -- even a stateless person -- who ...
A. Azoulay, R. Mazali, Ruvik Danieli
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Civil Society

, 2022
:USA has been taken as a case of study in this article to explore three aspects of the divine legitimacy; the faith basis of three separation of powers, the church basis of the democratic republic compiehensive presidency regime, and the cultural basis ...
Edyta Pietrzak
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Civil Society and Political Theory

Crime, Inequality and the State, 2020
Part 1 The discourse of civil society: the contemporary revival of civil society conceptual history and theoreticl synthesis theoretical development in the 20th century.
Jean Louise Cohen, A. Arato
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Toward a Global Civil Society

, 2022
Part I: The Concept of Civil Society Part II: The Communitarian Approach Part III: Economic Policy and Social Justice Part IV: The Internationalization of Politics and Economics and the Challenge of Nationalism, Immigration and Minority Conflict Part V ...
M. Walzer
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Recent advances in the applications of shape memory alloys in civil infrastructures: A review

, 2020
Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) are a new generation of smart materials with the capability of recovering their predefined shape after experiencing a large strain. This is mainly due to the shape memory effects and the superelasticity of SMA. These properties
S. Zareie, A. Issa, R. Seethaler, A. Zabihollah   +3 more
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A review of 3D reconstruction techniques in civil engineering and their applications

Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2018
Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction techniques have been used to obtain the 3D representations of objects in civil engineering in the form of point cloud models, mesh models and geometric models more often than ever, among which, point cloud models are
Zhiliang Ma, Shilong Liu
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Alternative Conceptions of Civil Society

, 2020
The idea of civil society has long been central to the Western liberal-democratic tradition, where it has been seen as a crucial site for the development and pursuit of basic liberal values such as individual freedom, social pluralism, and democratic ...
S. Chambers, W. Kymlicka
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Applications of UAVs in Civil Infrastructure

Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 2019
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), or drones, have become popular tools for practitioners and researchers alike.
W. Greenwood, J. Lynch, D. Zekkos
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Civil Law

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
The concept of civil law has two distinct meanings. that is, disputes between private parties (individuals, corporations), as opposed to other branches of the law, such as administrative law or criminal law, which relate to disputes between individuals and the state.
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China Act on the Energy Efficiency of Civil Buildings (2008): A decade review.

Science of the Total Environment, 2019
China has launched the energy efficiency project (EEP) for its civil building sector beginning in the mid-1980s; however, its implementation has not been effective.
Minda Ma, W. Cai, Yong Wu
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