Hope behind the critique of grand narratives of collective salvation: remarks on ‘The power of metaphors and narratives’

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Guilherme Vasconcelos Vilaça
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Law And Politics ◽  
Jus Cogens ◽  
Situated Approach ◽  
Actual Decision

Abstract Kratochwil criticizes two important teleological global narratives of universal progress – Luhmannian systems theory and jus cogens – and defends the need for a non-ideal and situated approach to law and politics. Despite the cogency of Kratochwil's analysis, why should we place our hope in his pragmatic program given the complexity of actual decision-making? This paper shows that more needs to be said about the role of hope grounding Kratochwil's account. Which hopes are hopeless, and which warranted? Why should we care and ‘go on’, choosing to be prudential and political rather than focusing on one's inner development or pleasure?

Regulation as the art of intuitive judgment: a critique of the economic approach to environmental regulation

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oren Perez
Keyword(s):  
Systems Theory ◽  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
Environmental Economics ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Regulatory System ◽  
Economic Approach ◽  
Regulatory Decision ◽  
Law And Politics ◽  
The Eu

This article develops a general critique of the economic approach to environmental regulation, drawing on the insights of systems theory. It highlights, first, the problematic of subjugating the regulatory system to a single purpose – which in the context of environmental economics is interpreted as the utilitarian maximization of collective welfare. Second, it questions the teleological pretence of the regulatory project as it is configured in the economic literature. It highlights in this context the problem of trans-systemic incompatibilities, which impede the incorporation of economic ideas into the systems of law and politics. Environmental economics in both its normative and sociopolitical strands, fails to provide a convincing response to this dilemma. The article discusses two examples of the reconstruction of economic ideas within the legal and political domains, drawing on the EU and US regulatory experience. This twofold critique of the economic approach can be extended, it is argued, to every regulatory project with far-reaching teleological ambitions. The article applies this critique to some alternative regulatory visions, such as self-regulation, reflexive law and responsive regulation, noting in this context the limitations of systems theory itself. It concludes with a discussion of the role of intuition in regulatory decision-making.

On the presentation of statistical analysis: reason or ritual

1986 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 1185-1191 ◽  
Author(s):  
William G. Warren
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Experimental Situation ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Actual Decision

This paper addresses the shortcomings in the presentation of statistical analyses appearing in this and similar journals. The role of statistical analysis is, in general terms, to provide criteria to assist in decision making under conditions of uncertainty. Commonly, this means deciding whether two treatments yield different results based on an experiment. The actual decision or interpretation must remain the responsibility of the researcher and, thus, can and should contain elements of subjectivity. There is, therefore, a need to separate the objective (statistical) analysis of data from its interpretation as well as to present all of the relevant information concerning the objective analysis. Current deficiencies in presentation include (i) failure to specify the assumptions on which an analysis is based, (ii) failure to provide sufficient quantitative information, (iii) failure to match the statistical analysis to the experimental situation, and (iv) failure to consider whether the assumptions on which an analysis has been based have been violated to an extent that would invalidate the results. Examples of these deficiencies from recent issues of this journal are cited with, where possible, suggestions on how the presentation could be improved. The present unfortunate situation is due to misinformation or lack of information, which stems in part, if not completely, from the ritualistic use of a few statistical methods and, in particular, statistical packages for computers that simply present the results of applying these methods, properly or otherwise.

scholarly journals Le rôle de l'État dans l'élaboration des choix énergétiques et le rôle plus spécifique des différentes institutions publiques en France

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 737-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominique Turpin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
National Assembly ◽  
Vast Array ◽  
Members Of Parliament ◽  
Energy Part ◽  
Real Seat ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
Privately Owned ◽  
Actual Decision

This paper surveys the role of the key governmental institutions in the making of energy policy in France. It shows that in spite of fairly extensive debate of the issues in both chambers of the French National Assembly since the mid-1970s, members of parliament have so far failed to make a significant impact on decision-making in the field of energy. Part of this is due to the strength of the Cabinet's influence over the National Assembly, and to its constitutional position as policy-maker. Moreover, in spite of a vast array of departmental branches and associated agencies directly under ministerial authority, the government's power may have been more formal than real. Much of the actual decision-making is made by experts employed by the large State or privately-owned corporations. This extensive network of closely connected energy-producing corporations appears to have been, and to remain, the real seat of power, in spite of recurrent hopes for, and attempts at, democratization.

scholarly journals (In)visibility of the Displaced Populations: the Blind-Spot Effect

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-20
Author(s):  
Svitlana Balinchenko
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Blind Spot ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Migration Studies ◽  
Displaced Populations ◽  
The Impact

In this paper, conflict-triggered internal displacement is reviewed through the visibility of migration-affected groups, as well as their access to decision-making. The blind-spot effect in the migration studies extends the cognitive and social implications of the systems theory, and engulfs both hypovisibility through anopticism and pseudoassimilation, and hypervisibility through panopticism and excessive control of the displaced citizens. In the context of the impact of IDP status on visibility assessment, I suggest supplementing the migration-studies’ concepts of “phlogiston” and “witch” with that of “ethanethiol”, thus starting a discussion on the role of the otherness marker in the migrantising of citizens. The case of protracted internal displacement in Ukraine due to the Russia-backed armed conflict serves as an illustration of the displaced populations’ visibility challenges and solutions.

The Nation State’s Legitimation in Post-National Society

Legitimacy ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 137-158
Author(s):  
Jiří Přibáň
Keyword(s):  
Systems Theory ◽  
The State ◽  
National Society ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Law And Politics ◽  
Normative Systems ◽  
Politics And Law

This chapter considers the legitimation of the nation state in a post-national world. It employs systems theory, according to which law is one of many normative systems and the state is one of many societal organizations, to make sense of the role of values in the state’s legitimation. It argues that processes of legitimation are constituted by systemic communication between law and politics within and beyond the nation state, communication that involves the internalization of values that are external to these systems. Yet, it stresses, such values are not transcendental foundations; they are instead internally generated expectations that differentiate between legitimacy and illegitimacies in both politics and law.

scholarly journals After the EDEN Genova 2018 Conference - Suggesting a new relevance fronteer

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Dondi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Teaching Evaluation ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
International Policy ◽  
Standard Testing ◽  
Education Innovation ◽  
Actual Decision

The fact is not that the “mainstream education” does not see the challenges and the change that is occurring in society, but the key strategy to face change is considered to be the updating of taught contents and the standardisation of learning outcomes, while using more or less the same teaching, evaluation and organisation processes, if necessary supported by technological devices.The questions of learning methods, central role of learners, open-endedness of learning programmes, shift in the assessment and credentialisation methods are frequent in the research agenda and in the international policy debate on education innovation, but, when it comes to actual decision making, the focus is on contents of curriculum, qualifications, standard testing, accreditation, ranking and funding.

Elaborating the role of reflection and individual differences in the study of folk-economic beliefs

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Arceneaux
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
History Of ◽  
Economic Beliefs

AbstractIntuitions guide decision-making, and looking to the evolutionary history of humans illuminates why some behavioral responses are more intuitive than others. Yet a place remains for cognitive processes to second-guess intuitive responses – that is, to be reflective – and individual differences abound in automatic, intuitive processing as well.

The Role of Shared Decision-Making in Audiologic Rehabilitation

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Pryce ◽  
Amanda Hall
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Shared Decision Making ◽  
Behavior Changes ◽  
Shared Decision ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Treatment Information ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Audiologic Rehabilitation

Shared decision-making (SDM), a component of patient-centered care, is the process in which the clinician and patient both participate in decision-making about treatment; information is shared between the parties and both agree with the decision. Shared decision-making is appropriate for health care conditions in which there is more than one evidence-based treatment or management option that have different benefits and risks. The patient's involvement ensures that the decisions regarding treatment are sensitive to the patient's values and preferences. Audiologic rehabilitation requires substantial behavior changes on the part of patients and includes benefits to their communication as well as compromises and potential risks. This article identifies the importance of shared decision-making in audiologic rehabilitation and the changes required to implement it effectively.

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