A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. As we move further into the 21st century, the digital native/digital immigrant paradigm created by Marc Prensky in 2001 is becoming less relevant. In this article, Prensky…
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In this article I explore the distance traveled by JÃrgen Habermas from the pessimism expressed about the prospects for democracy in contemporary society in his early work, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a…
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Jürgen Habermass theories have received enormous attention in the public sphere as well as in political science. It is therefore surprising that his method, rational reconstruction, is not more debated. In political science the method is of…
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The relationship between civil society and public life has become a major topic of discussion in many disciplines, and no single scholarly voice informs this discussion more than that of Jirgen Habermas. His contributions have shaped the nature of…
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Basic concepts in Habermas's theory of communicative action - Habermas's "reconstruction" of modern law - Discourse theory and the theory and practice of adjudication - System, lifeworld, and Habermas's "communication theory of society" - After…
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Given powerful globalizing processes under way, the topic of how to conceptualize the modern public sphere is becoming increasingly urgent. Amidst the array of alternatives, the efforts of Jürgen Habermas to attempt to balance out the two main…
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Jurgen Habermas is the most renowned living German philosopher. This book aims to give a clear and readable overview of his philosophical work. It analyzes both the theoretical underpinnings of Habermas's social theory, and its more concrete…
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The hypothesis is examined that casting a ballot in one election increases the voter's propensity to go to the polls in the future. Voter turnout patterns in the 1972-76 and 1992-96 American National Election Panel Surveys, as well as published…
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Social differences in the role of habits in health-related behaviour are explored within both sociology and economics, where we define habits as non-reflective, repetitive behaviour. The corresponding theoretical perspectives are the habitus theory,…
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ABSTRACT: The influence of several substratum variables, particularly structural complexity and Live coral cover, on coral reef fish species richness and abundance was investigated. By surveying fish species with varying strengths of association…
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1. The spread and intensification of agriculture are recognized as two of the most important global threats to wildlife. There are clear links between agricultural change and declines in biodiversity across a wide range of agricultural systems, and…
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Many agroecosystems are unfavorable environments for natural enemies due to high levels of disturbance. Habitat management, a form of conservation biological control, is an ecologically based approach aimed at favoring natural enemies and enhancing…
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Civic engagement among Americas youth is a hot topicand not solely in the world of academia. Government of- ficials, non-profit agencies and grass roots organizations have spent consider- able time and energy trying to spur par- ticipation among the…
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Bendor, Diermeier, and Ting (2003) develop a behavioral alternative to rational choice models of turnout. However, the assumption they make about the way individuals adjust their probability of voting biases their model towards their main result of…
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Contrary to Bourdieu's thesis, it is not only when a subject's habitus does not fit a field's positions that s/he becomes more reflexive. Reflexivity is also enhanced by intra-habitus tensions, by more general incongruences between dispositions,…
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This article explores the process of agency and empowerment through a case study of a group of young East Timorese asylum seekers who arrived in Australia during the 1990s. Using Bourdieus concept of habitus and his theory of practice, the article…
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In order to care for ecological resources in a more efficient manner, it is advisable to incorporate the concept of Ecological Damage as an autonomous category, independent of the way in which Environmental Damage is addressed in Chile 's…
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A provocative look at the subculture that has shaped our changing attitudes toward the digital age-now in paperback! Douglas Thomas offers an in-depth history of this important and fascinating subculture, contrasting mainstream images of hackers…
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This article analyzes the transformation in our conception of hacking over the past few decades to the current point where hackers are conceived as miscreants, vandals, criminals, and even terrorists. It argues that this transformation is more a…
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This book describes ggplot2, a new data visualization package for R that uses the insights from Leland Wilkison's Grammar of Graphics to create a powerful and flexible system for creating data graphics. With ggplot2, it's easy to:produce handsome,…
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