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(Non)belonging and (un)freedom

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This article centers on the concept of “belonging” to argue that belonging and freedom are fundamentally related, and that this relationship cannot be easily captured in formal terms alone. I contend that experiences of incomplete belonging among citizens deserve attention from political science because, in addition to their more obvious ...
Yuna Blajer de la Garza
wiley   +1 more source

A theory of political divergence and gradual institutional change

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some societies succeed in breaking away from historical traditions while others remain trapped? This paper proposes a formal theory to investigate the interaction between short‐run and long‐run political dynamics, highlighting a co‐evolution of political institutions and social structures.
Clair Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Should We Use Citizens' Assemblies to Make Health Policy?

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article assesses the normative case for using citizens' assemblies—small deliberative forums of randomly selected citizens—in health policymaking. Although they are increasingly popular, their normative justification remains underexplored. We reconstruct three possible rationales: Norman Daniels's ‘Accountability for Reasonableness’ (A4R)
Daniel Hutton Ferris, Johannes Kniess
wiley   +1 more source

VSED Should Not Be a Pathway to MAiD (Though Both Are Ethically Permissible)

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent changes in aid in dying laws have led some to argue for a pathway from Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED) to Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). Proponents point to the Sontag case as demonstrating the efficacy of the practice. This article first provides an overview of the development of the practice of VSED and MAiD and provides
D. B. Davison
wiley   +1 more source

Canada's Ethics Commissioner and the Watchdog Model of Ethics Enforcement

open access: yesCanadian Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite notable progress, the OECD recently noted that conflict of interest regulation still suffers from poor implementation and how to ensure effective enforcement of ethics rules remains an important challenge. One popular but under‐examined approach is to rely on an ethics watchdog: an independent agency with few powers that can ...
Luc Juillet
wiley   +1 more source

Legal protections for <i>in vitro</i> embryos in Paraguay and comparative contexts. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Reprod Health
Lezcano EG   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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