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What's Wrong With “Conceptual Amelioration”?

open access: yesPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conceptual amelioration aims to make the world a more just place by ameliorating our concepts. I offer three arguments against this enterprise as currently practiced to show how social philosophy aimed at producing social change can be better practiced. First, ameliorators often fail to provide plausible stories to vindicate their claims about
Lidal Dror
wiley   +1 more source

Reengaging Criminology in Regulation and Governance: A Synergistic Research Agenda on Regulatory Guardianship

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent literature calls for scholars to bridge the divide that has emerged between criminology and regulation and governance. In the current work, we propose that criminological opportunity theories provide one fruitful pathway to that end.
Carole Gibbs   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing Complaint Mechanisms for Regulatory Enforcement: Evidence From Human Rights Institutions During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do regulatory bodies ensure that including the beneficiaries of regulation in regulatory processes improves governance? In many regulatory arrangements, beneficiaries' “fire alarm” monitoring and reporting of targets' violations via complaint mechanisms activate regulatory bodies' enforcement role.
Nicole De Silva
wiley   +1 more source

A Thin Blue Democratic Line? Organization, Interest, and Ethical Compatibility as Foundations of External Accountability Credibility

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the context of rising authoritarian and populist political movements, scholars have increasingly identified external agency as a bulwark for liberal values. However, its capacity to protect such values may be contingent upon its acceptance within the profession—specifically, upon attitudes we conceptualize as “accountability credibility ...
Sebastian Roché   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing Burnout and Disengagement: A Review of the Strategies of Social Change Organizations

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The literature on burnout and persistence for activists or other social change actors has diversified from an explanation of causes to the study of how to address the challenges of disengagement. This review of the literature provides an analysis of organizational strategies for reducing burnout and disengagement.
David J. Hess
wiley   +1 more source

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