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On two paradigms of legal theory and their relationship [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Insurance and the “Irrationalization” of Disaster Policy: A Political Crisis Theory for an Age of Climate Risk

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the last several years, disaster insurance programs around the world have experienced disruptions that many observers interpret to be a primary symptom of “climate crisis” (Bittle 2024). Governments have responded to these disruptions through disjointed and at times contradictory measures: they treat disasters, alternately, as “Acts of God”
Stephen J. Collier
wiley   +1 more source

Intermittent turbulence, noisy fluctuations and wavy structures in the Venusian magnetosheath and wake [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Recent research has shown that distinct physical regions in the Venusian induced magnetosphere are recognizable from the variations of strength of the magnetic field and its wave/fluctuation activity.
Abry   +36 more
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Exploring the Consequences of Parents' Trust and Distrust of Social Workers in Child Welfare Services: Social Workers' Perspectives in Finland

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, we explore the consequences of parents' trust and distrust of social workers in child welfare services. We collected data via qualitative surveys administered in 2022, to which 29 Finnish social workers responded. We used thematic analysis to identify the key themes of the consequences of trust in our data.
Eveliina Heino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building Trust in the First Stages of Research With Children

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article focuses on the process of building trust in the first stages of research with children. Based on three research examples conducted in Finland, we analyse the ways of building trust and illustrate how trust or distrust can emerge in research with children.
Terhi Tuukkanen, Elina Weckström
wiley   +1 more source

Aproximación al concepto de racionalidad jurídica en Niklas Luhmann

open access: yesRevista 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
doaj   +1 more source

WHAT IS INFORMATION SUCH THAT THERE CAN BE INFORMATION SYSTEMS? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Information systems, as a discipline, is concerned with the generation, storage and transmission of information, generally by technological means. As such, it would seem to be fundamental that it has a clear and agreed conceptualization of its core ...
Mingers, John
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The Politics of Infrastructural Reversibility: No‐Regret Futures at the London Euston High‐Speed Railway Station

open access: yesThe 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
wiley   +1 more source

From catering organisations to environmental and health related public catering systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Based on the political legitimacy for healthy food and environment by the citizens, the traditional public catering is suggested to be conceptualised as a public catering system.
Mikkola, Minna
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