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RE-CONCEPTUALISING A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT IN POST-COLONIAL NIGERIA
International Journal of Social and Educational InnovationIn post-colonial Nigeria, civil society actors occupy a paradoxical space. Hailed as agents of democratization, due to their involvement in the fight in the nation's pursuit of democracy, socio-economic development, and human rights campaigns pre and ...
Oluwole Kazeem SANNI +1 more
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Politics and Justice: Aristotle, Rawls, and the Case for Realism in Political Theory
Philosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aristotle's analysis of stasis in Book V of the Politics offers a striking example of “distinctively political thought,” as advocated by Bernard Williams's political realism, and in contrast to the moralist approach exemplified by John Rawls. Aristotle identifies disputes over justice, driven by partial and conflicting conceptions of equality,
Paul Sagar
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Drug use: limits and possibilities of the instructions Communitarian Health Agents give to families
O Mundo da Saúde, 2013 The present study aims to know the limits and possibilities on the instructions given by Community Health Agents – ACS on the use of drugs by families assisted by the Family Health Strategy – ESF. This is a qualitative, descriptive, exploratory and field work.
Greice Peplau Kauling +4 more
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Consent, Trust, and Sexual Ethics
Philosophical Perspectives, EarlyView.ABSTRACT No one describes a passionate night using the language of consent. Partners in long‐term relationships rarely think of intimacy in terms of permission. If consent is absent precisely when things go well, why does it dominate sexual ethics? Critics have pressed this challenge but have failed to explain why consent is irrelevant rather than ...
Elise Woodard
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Communitarianism: the practice of postmodern liberalism
, 2006 The chapter argues that communitarianism is the ‘postmodern bourgeois liberalism’ that Rorty, probably the leading avowedly epistemological, rather than political, or merely political, communitarian, describes himself as espousing. Proceeding by way of a
Brecher, Bob
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Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Participatory and collaborative governance (P&CG) is widely celebrated as an institutional vehicle for democratizing public decision‐making by inviting affected stakeholders into inclusive and deliberative policy processes. This essay argues that underlying appeals to democratic legitimacy in P&CG are tacit commitments to specific (and often ...
Alexander L. Q. Chen‐Florea
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Law as Weak Integrity: Deflating Dworkinianism
Ratio Juris, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper, I want to sketch out a conception of law that combines elements of Dworkinianism, positivism, and realism. I will argue that while Dworkin gets some fundamental things right, he should have stayed closer to the positivists and realists.
Christian Hiebaum
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Gentrification and Marginalization
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Daniel Guillery, Tyler Zimmer
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), while offering strategic advantages in warfare, pose significant ethical, legal, and security risks, especially for countries in the Global South. This article examines how a philosophical perspective, rooted in African ethical and political thought, can enrich regional and global debates on regulating ...
Ezenwa E. Olumba +3 more
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Nested Claims, Cross‐Segmental Issues, and Elite Competition in Powersharing
Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.Abstract Powersharing systems rely on descriptive representation, where elected elites ‘stand in’ for their segment's voters, incentivising intransigence and penalising cross‐segmental cooperation. Yet powersharing politics regularly witness cross‐segmental appeals, voting patterns and party formation.
Timofey Agarin
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