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Tales of function and form: the discursive legitimation of international technocracy [PDF]
, 2011 It has become commonplace to say that, in the past, international governance has been legitimated mainly, if not exclusively, by its welfare-enhancing ‘output’.
Steffek, Jens
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
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A CRITICAL APPROACH TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC POLICY [PDF]
This study presents some critical opinions regarding the definition of the demographic policy, pointing out the differencies between the two concept – population policies and demographic policy -, the history and the evolution of the demographic policy ...
Carmen Radu
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The Historical Roots of Corruption and Economic Development in Italy [PDF]
, 2013 We claim that a sequential mechanism linking history to development exists: first, history defines the quality of social capital; then, social capital determines the level of corruption; finally, corruption affects economic performance.
Petrarca, Ilaria, Ricciuti, Roberto
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A Romantic Genius? The Experience of Knowledge that Shaped Werner Heisenberg's Scientific Persona
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.In 1976, the year that Werner Heisenberg passed away, Armin Hermann published a short biography, titled Werner Heisenberg in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Since then, historians and biographers have offered their accounts on Heisenberg's life and his contributions to modern physics. Many of these biographies present Heisenberg as a genius.
Elena Schaa
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Technology Push, Demand Pull And The Shaping Of Technological Paradigms - Patterns In The Development Of Computing Technology [PDF]
An assumption generally subscribed in evolutionary economics is thatnew technological paradigms arise from advances is science anddevelopments in technological knowledge.
Dolfsma, W.A., Ende, J.C.M. van den
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Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.The oil and uranium industries always have been intertwined. Both industries are inherently global and span an extensive geological history. The formation of uranium and oil deposits, and their eventual extraction, is a story circling through early planetary history, continuing in depleted oil wells in Germany, Canada, and France, and lingering well ...
Michiel Bron
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Epilepsia Open, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract The International League Against Epilepsy/American Epilepsy Society (ILAE/AES) Joint Translational Task Force initiated the TASK3 working group to create common data elements (CDEs) for various aspects of preclinical epilepsy research studies, which could help improve the standardization of experimental designs.
Eleonora Aronica +6 more
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The Most Important Works of Art of the Twentieth Century [PDF]
A survey of art history textbooks identifies and ranks the eight most important works of the 20th century. The most important painting of the century was Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, executed by Picasso at the age of 26, which began the development of ...
David W. Galenson
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