Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
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Closing the knowledge gap: identifying research priorities for firearm-related injury and mortality in Canada. [PDF]
Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev CanAlphonsus L +13 more
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Lifecycle‐Based Governance to Build Reliable Ethical AI Systems
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) systems represent a paradigm shift in technological capabilities, offering transformative potential across industries while introducing novel governance and implementation challenges. This paper presents a comprehensive framework for understanding AI systems through three critical dimensions: trustworthiness ...
Maikel Leon
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The entangled Indigenous, rural, and urban realities in Amazônia's governance. [PDF]
AmbioBrondizio ES.
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Crime, Gender and Policing: The Role of Women Officers in Addressing Gender‐Based Violence in India
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines whether an increased presence of women in Indian police forces results in enhanced justice for victims of gender‐based crimes and improves the overall effectiveness and responsiveness of the police. It employs focus group discussions and qualitative system dynamics modelling to examine the dynamics of women in law ...
Kandaswamy Paramasivan +3 more
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Patterns of fear of crime: A mixed-methods exploration of the model of experiential and expressive fear of crime. [PDF]
PLoS OneNoble J, Jardin A.
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Do Sovereign‐Environmental, Social and Governance (S‐ESG) Commitments Promote Financial Inclusion?
Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Given the need to respect humanity, the environment, and society, and the progressive development of social responsibility, environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments and the need for ethical and sustainable finance, this paper aims to examine the impact of sovereign ESG on financial inclusion (FI).
Inès Gharbi +2 more
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‘Reservoir dogs’: The emerging zoonotic risk associated with European dog imports to the UK
Veterinary Record, EarlyView.Abstract Background The movement of dogs from continental Europe to the UK poses a growing public health threat due to the associated risk of disease incursions. Current legislation is insufficient to address the risks and pre‐import control measures are focused only on rabies virus and the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Methods We conducted
Poppy Simonson +2 more
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Psychometric properties of the Feeling of Unsafety Scale-Arabic in general population adults. [PDF]
Front Public HealthObeid S +6 more
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Citizens are more willing to co‐produce when participants represent community demographics
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract Despite co‐production's potential to address democratic deficits, the role of representation in co‐production and its impact on public perceptions remain largely under‐analysed empirically. Employing a vignette survey design, this study tests how representation in co‐production affects citizens’ intentions to get involved.
Wonhyuk Cho +3 more
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