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A Crisis of Democratic Legitimacy? It’s about Legitimation, Stupid! European Policy Brief No. 21, March 2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Are we witnessing a crisis of democratic legitimacy? While citizens may lose trust in political authorities, democratic principles and ideals continue to exercise considerable appeal.
Severs, Eline, Mattelaer, Alexander
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Innovations in Gastric Cancer Surgery During Early Minimally Invasive Era and Future Perspectives

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
With continuing revelations in tumor biology and the emergence of artificial intelligence, new horizons for surgical innovation are opening. At the center of this transformative journey stands the innovative surgeon, driven by passion, guided by data, and steadfast in the commitment to patient safety and quality of life.
Reut El‐On, Young‐Woo Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Toward Predictable Nanomedicine: Current Forecasting Frameworks for Nanoparticle–Biology Interactions

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Predictive models successfully screen nanoparticles for toxicity and cellular uptake. Yet, complex biological dynamics and sparse, nonstandardized data limit their accuracy. The field urgently needs integrated artificial intelligence/machine learning, systems biology, and open‐access data protocols to bridge the gap between materials science and safe ...
Mariya L. Ivanova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Large Language Model‐Based Chatbots in Higher Education

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
The use of large language models (LLMs) in higher education can facilitate personalized learning experiences, advance asynchronized learning, and support instructors, students, and researchers across diverse fields. The development of regulations and guidelines that address ethical and legal issues is essential to ensure safe and responsible adaptation
Defne Yigci   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Content Moderation and the Quest for Democratic Legitimacy

open access: yesWeizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society, 2022
The paper analyzes the public controversy incited by the introduction of the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) in Germany. This law obliges social media platforms to delete unlawful content from their sites and has received international attention as a ...
Laura Fichtner
doaj   +1 more source

Dimensions of the AI Divide: Digital Inequality and Psychological Consequences

open access: yesAI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational component of contemporary social, economic, and political life. Yet, the ways in which AI reshapes patterns of exclusion beyond questions of access and technical capability remain insufficiently theorized.
Christos Papaioannou
wiley   +1 more source

Empirical legitimacy as core of comparative democracy research

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science
Legitimacy is a central resource for all political systems. This include democracies as autocracies. For democracies, you need the acceptance of the normative concept of democracy by the citizens.
Gert Pickel, Gert Pickel, Susanne Pickel
doaj   +1 more source

Franck’s Right to Democratic Governance and the Role of Democratic Sanctions

open access: yesKyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal, 2018
In 1992, Tomas Franck conceptualized the democratic entitlement theory — a new approach regarding the international validation of governance, which was previously based solely on the “doctrine of effective control.” This led to the emergence of a new ...
Bohdan Bernatskyi
doaj   +1 more source

Participatory Policy Development: Reflections on Designing the Strong Roots for Our Futures Program in Victoria

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reciprocity and the State: A Liberal Theory of Legitimacy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Under which circumstances is the state morally allowed to enact and uphold laws by the use of force against its citizens? This is the problem of legitimacy. In this thesis I develop and defend a theory of legitimacy based on reciprocity.
Ekstrand, David
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