REPRESENTATION OF NATURE AND MAN IN PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY OF DESCARTES by А. M. Malivskyi, К. V. Soкоlоvа

“…The authors are trying to defend rationale for phenomena interpretation concerning Descartes' technocratic orientation in terms of his ethical search. …”
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Concurrence par comparaison et transformations quasi-marchandes by Pierre-André Juven

“…This paper show how the ministry of health has tried to embody this quasi-market transformation within devices such as cost accounting and pricing process and why this yardstick competition articulates a market principle and a technocratic conception of regulation. The implementation of this yardstick competition implies a commensuration process of the public and the private sector which reveals some limits of this model.…”
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Les tensions constitutives du “développement durable” by Fabrice Flipo

“…With criticism, it appears apolitical, technocratic and enchased in a dated culture and in crisis. …”
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Dentro o más allá de la ayuda: el difícil camino de la Coherencia de Políticas para el Desarrollo by Gutiérrez-Goiria, J., Millán-Acevedo, N., Marttínez-Martínez, I

“…However, the meetings in Rome, Paris, Accra and Busan, and the Aid Effectiveness Agenda, focused on a technocratic and unilateral vision of efficiency, away from the approach of CPD. …”
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Los intereses sectoriales de la vivienda social en Cuba by Adriana Rabinovich

“…The example of the NGO Habitat-Cuba also illustrates the fragile nature of the innovative experiments of the 1990s, which attempted to reconcile technocratic aspects with the aesthetic, spatial and functional attributes of housing by means of so-called participatory approaches.…”
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Savoir et valeur. Pour une conception émancipatrice des « Éducations à » by Michel Fabre

“…Their meanings would be to support the democratization movement, and his communicational interest, which, in contemporary societies, put up technocratic management of problems mistaking politics for expertise. …”
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Interpolations of class, “race”, and politics by Mylonas Yiannis, Noutsou Matina

“…Our analysis highlights the existence of three main interrelated themes in JP's constructions of the Greek elections: a moralist, a culturalist, and a technocratic/anti-leftist theme. These themes are theorised through the use of relevant theory on class cultures and politics today.…”
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Hacia la constitución de una economía de mercados jerárquicos: Modernización capitalista y tradicionalismo social en los industriales chilenos (1952-1958) by Joaquín Fernández Abara, Margarita Goldflam Leiva

“…This program was accompanied by a traditional and hierarchical understanding of labor relations, and a growing distrust of politicians and to the autonomous technocratic cadres in the state. These elements allowed the industrialists to develop a pragmatic and flexible attitude in the framework of the debate between structuralists and monetarists and to the policies of the Klein-Saks Mission. …”
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The ECB’s Evolving Mandate and High Independence: An Undemocratic Mix by Anna-Lena Högenauer, Joana Mendes

“…The ECB’s activities during the eurozone crisis, new debates on the ECB’s role in supporting political goals like the fight against climate change, and its participation in geopolitical stand-offs have overcome the fiction of a technocratic role that can be allocated to an independent institution with few constraints to democracy. …”
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“Sustainable security” through river enlargements: A political ecology of nature-based solutions and flood control in the Rhone Valley, Switzerland by Alexis Metzger, René Véron

“…We argue that legal provisions, the dominance of security concerns and technocratic framings of the project foreclose more substantive political debate on the sustainable future of the hydrosocial territory of the Rhone Valley.…”
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What’s the matter with Benjamin O. Flower? by Jean-Louis Marin-Lamellet

“…Populism could then be considered as just one moment in the confrontation between the more radical antimonopoly strand of Progressivism and the managerial liberalism fostered by the more technocratic elements among Progressives.…”
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Ambiguity, Uncertainty and Implementation by Kristin Taylor, Stephanie Zarb, Nathan Jeschke

“…The distinction between the political manipulation of ambiguous circumstances and the rational, technocratic approach to gathering more information to reduce uncertainty may be less clear than previously considered.…”
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Owning the libs: Post-truth in right-wing political discourse by Kris Hartley

“…Policy facts are now contested in ways that disrupt mainstream political narratives and weaken institutional legitimacy. In turn, the technocratic response of doubling-down on facts is faltering as the ‘burn it down’ vacuity of post-truth declares equivalent political legitimacy. …”
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Towards a cultural transition of energy landscapes – Between responsibility and necessity by Giorgio Peghin

“…This contribution aims, therefore, to reflect on the role of architectural design in complex contexts, providing operational indications and establishing the need to ‘read’ the present world and interpret it critically, avoiding exclusive technocratic dominion in issues that affect the future of the next generations and the destinies of our landscape.   …”
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De quels ingénieurs parle-t-on ? Situation et trajectoires des ingénieurs des grandes écoles. Le cas du Maroc by Pierre Vermeren

“…This is quite representative of the unequal social structure of Morocco and of the role played by its monarchic regime - the Makhzen - which tends to favor the technocratic and social elite. This study purports to show how such domination of the economic and political life of the country by a few chosen persons has generated a counter-reaction. …”
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The Fifth Order of Design by Mariana Fonseca Braga

“…This comprehensive view is critical to tgetting to grips with global challenges (United Nations Sustainable Development Goals) since the shift towards sustainability needs to address the root causes of systemic and interrelated problems that cannot be overcome by reactive marketing and technocratic approaches. Implications for design value, education, skills, and ways of designing are pointed out. …”
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The Public Image of Soviet Science During Franco’s Spain by Ruiz-Castell Pedro

“…Spanish political leaders adopted a technocratic approach to increase the efficiency and economic growth of the State. …”
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Boris Samuel, La production macroéconomique du réel. Formalités et pouvoir au Burkina Faso, en Mauritanie et en Guadeloupe by Boris Samuel

“…Its approach involves a combination of anthropology, the sociology of quantification and the historical sociology of the political.In all three cases studied, the detailed observation of macroeconomic calculation shows that the technocratic ethos is crucial for an understanding of the exercise of power. …”
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Building resilience: India’s network of radiation emergency response centers by Anirudh Chandra, Shashank Saindane, R. K. B. Yadav, Probal Chaudhury, Dinesh Kumar Aswal

“…This work not only highlights the domestic capabilities of India’s RERC network but also serves as a valuable resource for policymakers and technocrats striving to strengthen and enhance the country’s radiation emergency response infrastructure.…”
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The promises and perils of central bank digital currencies by Louis Larue, Clément Fontan, Joakim Sandberg

“…On the other hand, implementing CBDC comes with risks of its own, such as that of creating a “Frankenstein scenario” where too much power is given to unelected technocrats. Our tentative conclusion is therefore that CBDC should be seen as a second-best option, while the primary focus of policy makers should be on the possibility of financial re-regulation.…”
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