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Strategic litigation as a challenge for deliberative democracy

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Strategic litigation is a growing public concern, but remains understudied in democratic theory. In strategic litigation, collectives go to court with a political agenda that goes beyond their specific case. How should we assess the legitimacy of strategic litigation? Building on Lafont's model of deliberative democracy and Klein's distinction
Svenja Ahlhaus
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of gut microbiome, plasma metabolites, peripheral immune cells, and circulating inflammatory protein on chronic spontaneous urticaria: Bidirectional 2-sample Mendelian randomization study and mediation analysis. [PDF]

J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob
Deng L, Yao Y, Wang Q, Lu Z, Li E, Hu Y, Chen J, Wang G, Yu T, Ji J, Jiao Q.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Police department design, political pressure, and racial inequality in arrests

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper theorizes a source of bias in discretionary arrests: strategic limits on police officer learning. Officers have a variety of tactics at their disposal besides arrest that they use for less serious offenses when they judge the underlying behavior to be less severe. In departments led by a chief with special expertise in crime control,
Andrew J. McCall
wiley   +1 more source

Not evolved to save the planet, yet capable to promote pro-environmental action leveraging human nature. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Varella MAC, Novaes FC, da Silva RFB, Romero RM, Gonçalves PHS, de Moura JMB, da Silva RH, Coelho MAF, Costa JVR, Silva Júnior MD, Rantala MJ, Vuorinen KEM.   +11 more
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What political theory can learn from conceptual engineering: The case of “corruption”

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Conceptual change is commonplace in political theory. Recent scholarship argues that improving a concept, or “engineering” it, can sharpen its normative and explanatory power. This article illustrates what political theory can learn from conceptual engineering (CE) by examining the evolution of “corruption” as a case study.
Emanuela Ceva, Patrizia Pedrini
wiley   +1 more source

The Vicissitudes of the Nafs: Madness, Paralysis, and the Work of Transgression in Sufi Ethics

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How should we theorize Sufi ethics when the practice of zikr (remembrance) that leads to spiritual enlightenment (tazkiyya) might also bring one to the brink of majzubiyat (madness)? What forms of regulation or restraint are imagined or enacted by practitioners to prevent spiritual boundlessness from perverting into its underside of paralysis (
Muhammad Osama Imran
wiley   +1 more source

What are we missing? Reflections on the 'problem' of missed appointments in the UK. [PDF]

NIHR Open Res
Lindsay C, Ellis DA, Baruffati D, Mackenzie M, O'Donnell CA, Simpson SA, Wong G, Williamson AE.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

More than just loyalty? Understanding members’ investment in their cooperatives’ tradable preferred shares

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Guided by behavioural economics, this paper examines the factors shaping members’ investments in tradable and appreciable preferred shares issued by their cooperatives. These shares possess characteristics of both bonds and long‐term equity, and when tradable, they acquire a market value that helps mitigate issues related to the vaguely ...
Julia Höhler, Charlotte Larsson, Louise Lidebjer, Jerker Nilsson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Supporting Sustainability: A Philosophical Analysis of Certain Assumptions Underlying Occupational Therapy. [PDF]

Can J Occup Ther
Drolet MJ, Lafond V.
europepmc   +1 more source