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What Can the State of Nature Justify?
Philosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Social contract theory is one of the most popular approaches to political justification. While the state of nature account in social contract theory is generally invoked to justify the state's authority, I argue in this paper that no extant account succeeds in doing so.
Arthur (Hongyang) Yang
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Possibility of High-Speed Ultrasonic Detection of the Internal Material Defects in Rails. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Chałko L +3 more
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The household book is a particular feature of the landscape of manuscript production post‐1475, and is particularly associated with women. Compiling manuscript household books in a post‐print landscape involved a specific kind of dialogue between the two material forms.
Carrie Griffin
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Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The heavy reliance of many African nations on a few export products (typically primary products) for export earnings often creates significant development challenges. China's participation in Africa has been steadily growing, presenting both opportunities and risks for the continent's economic progress. This study aims to analyse the impact of
Aliyu Buhari Isah
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Enhanced intelligent train operation algorithms for metro train based on expert system and deep reinforcement learning. [PDF]
PLoS OneHuang Y, Lai W, Chen D, Lin G, Yin J.
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A Regional Experiment in Practical Development of Industries [PDF]
, 1945 Stoddard, Wm. Leavitt
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Images Assisting Wor[l]ds: Black History Murals in South and West Philadelphia
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Black history murals are often understood as examples of state or corporate obfuscation of racial inequality, sometimes known as “artwashing”; or, conversely, as “insurgent” political interventions. Focusing on murals in historically Black neighborhoods in South and West Philadelphia, this article instead highlights the processual, but no less
Gareth Millington +1 more
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Research on the evaluation of canal route schemes based on multiattribute decisionmaking methods. [PDF]
Sci RepFan X +7 more
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Generation Inequality in an Aging Society: The Demographic Welfare Dilemma
Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study provides empirical evidence that Japanese local governments have political incentives to prioritize policies favoring the elderly population in order to secure electoral support. Such preferences may come at the expense of the younger generation, whose presence is often associated with reduced short‐term political performance.
Dachen Sheng, Heather A. Montgomery
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