PARTY‐STATE URBANISM: Coevolution of Local State Capacity and Strategic Alliances in Shenzhen
Abstract What is distinct about Chinese urban governance? Classic theories predict that when the central state retreats from resource allocation, capacity‐strained local governments must form alliances with non‐state actors, thereby diluting state power. In China, however, state power remains dominant despite decentralization.
Yunhan Wen
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Stability of value perception: minimal influence of framing on moral attributions to a humanoid robot. [PDF]
Marchesi S +3 more
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The Impact of Foreign Language on Meta-Reasoning in Moral Decisions. [PDF]
Hu Z, Martín-Luengo B, Navarrete E.
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Intellectual Solidarity and Reflexive Dislocation: Sociology in the Age of Global Authoritarianism
ABSTRACT This article contributes to current debates on the ethics of critical scholarship in an era of authoritarian consolidation and institutional erosion. It introduces intellectual solidarity as an ethical stance and reflexive dislocation as a methodological practice that together offer a grounded response to the complicities and constraints of ...
Salvador Santino Regilme
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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
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Development of an ecological, immersive approach to socio-moral reasoning assessment in virtual reality. [PDF]
Neveu E +5 more
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Reproductive Challenges of the Ageing Female: A Comprehensive Narrative Review
ABSTRACT Changes in societal norms over the last few decades have resulted in novel family planning trends, notably delayed childbearing and increased maternal age at the birth of the first child. Despite advances in reproductive medicine, ageing poses significant challenges.
Sofia Bitzika +6 more
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ABSTRACT Linking payments from agri‐environment schemes to ecological results or to collective outcomes is viewed as a promising way to increase the effectiveness of agri‐environmental conservation. However, the two approaches are rarely combined.
Thomas Rellensmann +3 more
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Moral dilemmas in virtual reality: a narrative review of findings and methodological challenges. [PDF]
Pucci M, Gagliardi L.
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Does AI Affect the Democratic Conduct of War? Analyzing US and Israeli Military AI Deployment
ABSTRACT This study examines how the use of decision‐support military Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems can affect the democratic conduct of warfare. AI can challenge the democratic conduct of warfare by introducing systemic risks such as reduced oversight, opacity, and automation bias.
Alessandra Russo
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