Pluralism (philosophy)
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Deliberative Democracy or Agonistic Pluralism? Open
'This article examines the current debate about the nature of democracy and discusses the main theses of the approach called 'deliberative democracy' in its two main versions, the one put forward by John Rawls, and the other one put forwar…
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What Is Populism Open
'This lucid guide is essential reading' Guardian From Donald Trump to Recep Erdogan, populists are on rise across globe. But what exactly is populism? Should everyone who criticizes Wall Street or Washington be called a populist? What prec…
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Beyond Technical Fixes: climate solutions and the great derangement Open
Climate change research is at an impasse. The transformation of economies and everyday practices is more urgent, and yet appears ever more daunting as attempts at behaviour change, regulations, and global agreements confront material and s…
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Membership and Morals: The Personal Uses of Pluralism in America Open
In recent years, membership has dropped in traditional voluntary associations such as Rotary Clubs, Jaycees, and bowling leagues. At the same time, concern is rising about the growth of paramilitary and hate groups. In this provocative boo…
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Populism and International Relations: (Un)predictability, personalisation, and the reinforcement of existing trends in world politics Open
As populists have formed governments all over the world, it becomes imperative to study the consequences of the rise of populism for International Relations. Yet, systematic academic analyses of the international impact of populist governm…
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Legal Pluralism in Theory and Practice Open
Legal pluralism has vast policy and governance implications. In developing countries, for instance, non-state justice systems often handle most disputes and retain substantial autonomy and authority. Legal pluralism's importance, however, …
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Designing Powerful Learning Environments in Education for Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Framework Open
Policymakers have pinpointed the importance of living in a more sustainable society. Education for Sustainable Development aims at developing future citizens competent to take actions in order to cope with Sustainable Development issues. T…
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Legal pluralism, social theory, and the state Open
Legal pluralism has seen a marked rise in interest since the turn of the century. While long rejected in legal studies, legal pluralism is now widely accepted, not least in light of the broad range of perspectives on the state it has sough…
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Constitutional Pluralism Revisited Open
This essay revisits the theory of constitutional pluralism. This theory was first developed in the EU context as a way of understanding and defending the absence of a broadly agreed source of final authority in the relationship between nat…
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Two Decades of Ideological Contestation in Indonesia: From Democratic Cosmopolitanism to Religious Nationalism Open
This article surveys ideological developments in Indonesia over thepast two decades, tracing a shift in the ideological centre ofgravity from the embrace of democratic norms in the immediatepost Suharto period towards a conservative and in…
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Making evidence and policy in public health emergencies: lessons from COVID-19 for adaptive evidence-making and intervention Open
Background: In public health emergencies, evidence, intervention, decisions and translation proceed simultaneously, in greatly compressed timeframes, with knowledge and advice constantly in flux. Idealised approaches to evidence-based poli…
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Territorial pluralism: water users’ multi-scalar struggles against state ordering in Ecuador’s highlands Open
Ecuadorian state policies and institutional reforms have territorialized water since the 1960s. Peasant and indigenous communities have challenged this ordering locally since the 1990s by creating multi-scalar federations and networks. The…
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Own Data? Ethical Reflections on Data Ownership Open
In discourses on digitization and the data economy, it is often claimed that data subjects shall be owners of their data. In this paper, we provide a problem diagnosis for such calls for data ownership : a large variety of demands are disc…
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Harmonizing public sector accounting in Europe: thinking out of the box Open
A broad debate about the harmonization of public sector accounting standards in Europe is underway. The authors provide arguments in favour of harmonization, but they also acknowledge the existing pluralism and diversity by taking stock of…
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Transforming the public sector: 1998–2018 Open
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an evaluation of public sector research in the 1998–2018 period. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses the extant literature of this era to study the theorisation of, and the findings of…
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Must I Grow a Pair of Balls to Theorize about Theory in Organization and Management Studies? Open
This essay is a provocation to debate. I argue that work in organization and management studies addressing how to theorize and construct ‘good’ theory is inherently masculinized and embraces a limited pluralism that ignores alternative, re…
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Encountering the Pluriverse: Looking for Alternatives in Other Worlds Open
The lack of ontological pluralism in International Relations has been a strong determinant of the general scope of the discipline and its objects of study, as well as all that is rendered irrelevant to the study of the "international". IR …
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Whose Poland is it to be? PiS and the struggle between monism and pluralism Open
Since 2015, the Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS) governments in Poland have engineered a revolt against the post-1989 ‘liberal consensus' and a shift towards a regime rooted in executive aggrandisement, populism and nativism. …
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Governance and sustainable development: How effective is governance? Open
Sustainable development argues that the current use of resources should minimize the level of harm to the future use of resources. Governance is capable of common sense and the versatile planning that is required for sustainable developmen…
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Jokowi in the Covid-19 Era: Repressive Pluralism, Dynasticism and the Overbearing State Open
The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown President Joko Widodo’s second-term plans into \ndisarray. Jokowi’s aspiration for dramatically accelerated development between 2019 \nand 2024 to secure his legacy as a transformative president now appears…
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Pluralism by default: weak autocrats and the rise of competitive politics Open
Pluralism by Default explores sources of political contestation in the former Soviet Union and beyond. Lucan Way proposes that pluralism in new democracies is often grounded less in democratic leadership or emerging civil society and more …
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After fragmentation: Norm collisions, interface conflicts, and conflict management Open
Fragmentation, institutional overlaps, and norm collisions are often seen as fundamental problems for the global (legal) order. Supposedly, they incite conflict and disorder. However, some scholars have also emphasised functional and norma…
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“If Chemists Don’t Do It, Who Is Going To?” Peer-driven Occupational Change and the Emergence of Green Chemistry Open
We investigate the emergence and growth of “green chemistry”—an effort by chemists to encourage other chemists to reduce the health, safety, and environmental impacts of chemical products and processes—to explore how occupational members, …
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Capabilitarian Sufficiency: Capabilities and Social Justice Open
This paper suggests an account of sufficientarianism—that is, that justice is fulfilled when everyone has enough—laid out within a general framework of the capability approach. In doing so, it seeks to show that sufficiency is especially p…
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Abuse of Constitutional Identity. The Hungarian Constitutional Court on Interpretation of Article E) (2) of the Fundamental Law Open
This paper discusses a decision of the Hungarian Constitutional Court issued in December 2016, in which the judges refer to the country’s constitutional identity to justify the government’s refusal to apply the eu ’s refugee relocation sch…
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From equality and inclusion to cultural pluralism – Evolution and effects of cultural diversity perspectives in schools Open
Schools are a major context for academic and socio-emotional development, but also an important acculturative context. This is notably the case in adolescence, which is a critical period for the development of a social and ethnic identity,…
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Developing mixed methods research in sport and exercise psychology: potential contributions of a critical realist perspective Open
Notwithstanding diverse opinions and debates about mixing methods, mixed methods research (MMR) is increasingly being used in sport and exercise psychology. In this paper, we describe MMR trends within leading sport and exercise psychology…
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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCES Open
The author of the article attempted to analyse research methods which are to affect, in a professional and complex way, conducting of a correct and reliable research process, with consideration given to practical and theoretical aspects of…
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Traditional healers, faith healers and medical practitioners: the contribution of medical pluralism to bottlenecks along the cascade of care for HIV/AIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa Open
Medical pluralism contributes to delays and interruptions of care along the HIV cascade, and mistrust between health providers. Region-wide interventions and policies are urgently needed in sub-Saharan Africa to minimise potential harm and…
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Enforcement of EU Values as a Political Endeavour: Constitutional Pluralism and Value Homogeneity in Times of Persistent Challenges to the Rule of Law Open
The EU's foundational values democracy, human rights and rule of law are shared by the Member States and rooted in their constitutional traditions. Constitutional pluralism recognises the legitimacy of parallel legal systems. Pluralism how…