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Epistemic justification of democracy
Theoria, Beograd, 2016 This paper aims to offer epistemic justification of democracy in addition to standard, purely procedural justification. First, we present a cognitive model of collective decision making and point out its advantages in comparison to standard statistical models. The logic underlying the improvement of group, or in our case democratic decision-
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Is Evidence‐Based Policymaking an Environmental Studies Agenda? An Interpretive Review
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Studies of knowledge development and use for public decision‐making can be found across the social sciences. There have been increasing calls for meaningful integration of the contrasting disciplinary perspectives on this topic, including from environmental and sustainability sciences.
Peter Tangney, Raisa Adamjee
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Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital SocietyJournalism has two main functions in democracy: news coverage and the formation of public opinion. This essay develops a theoretical framework for the role of journalism as an epistemic and evaluative intermediary.
Christoph Neuberger
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Book review: an epistemic theory of democracy
, 2019 An Epistemic Theory of Democracy Robert E.
Bright, Liam Kofi
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Researching Attitude–Identity Dynamics to Understand Social Conflict and Change
European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Societies undergo constant change, manifested in various ways such as technological developments, economic transitions, reorganization of cultural values and beliefs, or changes in social structures. Individuals play an active role in shaping social and societal change by interactively negotiating its manifestation.
Adrian Lüders +4 more
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Christiano’s Deliberative Expertism and Choice Architecture
Anali Hrvatskog Politološkog Društva, 2015 The article explores Thomas Christiano’s account of the moral division of labor in democracy. Christiano’s incorporation of experts serves the purpose of alleviating the epistemic burdens of ordinary citizens in the decision-making process and decreasing
Viktor Ivanković
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An epistemic defense of democracy
Revista de Ciências do EstadoThis work presents an epistemic defense of democratic governance, mainly analyzing the works of Condorcet and Landemore. The study begins by establishing rationality as a foundational concept for the analysis. It then explores Condorcet's Jury Theorem and Paradox, highlighting the paradox's implications for democratic theory and voting systems ...
Robson Vitor Freitas Reis +1 more
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European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Conspiracism is commonly measured through specific conspiracy beliefs and generalized conspiracy mentality, a broad tendency to suspect conspiracies behind events. Researchers often assume that these measures are psychometrically distinct and that mentality accounts for correlations among beliefs.
Arturo Bertero +3 more
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RADICAL POLITICAL THEORY AND DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Studia Europaea, 2015 What makes a radical theory, radical? This article attempts to assess the possible directions of answering this question by looking into the recent debates on the nature and substance of deliberative democracy.
Camil-Alexandru PÂRVU
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Debating debates: a deliberative alternative for televised electoral discussions
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsTelevised debates have become essential features of elections worldwide. Given the exceptional visibility and influence of televised electoral discussions, it is worth examining what formats best serve democratic deliberation.
Paul Saproza
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