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Raoul Beunen, Kristof Van Assche, & Martijn Duineveld, Evolutionary Governance Theory: Theory and Applications [PDF]
, 2015 Book ...
LO, Ming Chien
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Education matters: the emergence of social media and scepticism towards science
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper analyses General Social Survey (United States) data and provides evidence that the advent of Facebook and other social media platforms has widened the gap in scepticism towards science between low‐educated Americans and their more highly educated counterparts.
Gianluca Cerruti
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The Functional Method of Comparative Law [PDF]
, 2006 The functional method has become both the mantra and the bete noire of contemporary comparative law. The debate over the functional method is the focal point of almost all discussions about the field of comparative law as a whole, about centers and ...
Michaels, Ralf
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Hegel's Theory of Absolute Spirit. Reflexive Practices in Hegel's Social Philosophy
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract This paper argues that Hegel's concept of absolute spirit should be understood as central to his social philosophy. Rather than designating a metaphysical endpoint, absolute spirit refers to reflexive practices—art, religion, and philosophy—through which societies critically engage with the norms and assumptions that structure social life ...
Markus Gante
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Observing Suppliers observing Early Supplier Involvement: An Empirical Research based upon the Social Systems Theory of Niklas Luhmann. [PDF]
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Vos, J.P.
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On two paradigms of legal theory and their relationship [PDF]
, 2012 H. L. A. Hart thought that a theory of law can be purely descriptive and called his theory a “descriptive sociology”. One of his great contributions to modern legal theory is his emphasis on the internal aspect of social rules. According to him, a theory
Chang, Chia-yin
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The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Large infrastructure projects are difficult for publics to challenge, scrutinise, or engage with. A well‐researched barrier to public engagement is the technical complexity of large projects, whether it be materially present, or discursively constructed by professional experts.
Anna Plyushteva
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Dating Apps and the Right to an Explanation
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article argues that in countries where dating apps have become the primary means of meeting romantic partners and promise to help users find love, individuals should be entitled to access certain information about how their algorithms function. Specifically, we advocate for a legal right to an explanation that addresses the following, not
Bouke de Vries +1 more
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Aproximación al concepto de racionalidad jurídica en Niklas Luhmann
Revista Jurídica Mario Alario D'filippo, 2015 En este artículo de investigación se estudian las implicaciones de la teoría constructivista, en referencia al concepto de racionalidad jurídica en Niklas Luhmann; se parte de las consideraciones realizadas por Niklas Luhmann en la teoría de los sistemas
Juan David Castro Villa +2 more
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Sociology and the diagnosis of the times or: the reflexivity of modernity [PDF]
, 2007 The present essay is the revised version of a talk given at the meeting of the German Sociological Association (DGS) on 'Social Theory and Social Practice', which was held on 16-18 February 1989 in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies at the ...
Lichtblau, Klaus
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