📄 social science

Delegation Markers, Residual Vagueness, and State Win Rates in Korean Regulatory Adjudication

This paper empirically tests whether express delegation clauses in Korean statutes effectively transfer interpretive authority to agencies by analyzing 8,268 adjudication cases, finding that courts actually rule against the state more frequently when citing delegation-dominant provisions compared to indeterminacy-dominant ones, thereby suggesting that formal delegation markers do not necessarily result in the expected deference.

Jihwan Woo, Nari Kim2026-09-21
📄 social science

The Epistemic Conflict of First and Other Serbia: A Narrative Analysis of Deep Polarisation

This paper argues that the deep sociopolitical polarization in contemporary Serbia between "First Serbia" and "Other Serbia" stems not from a conventional left-right divide but from an irreconcilable epistemic conflict between a camp rooted in historicism and collective memory and one grounded in procedural liberalism and universal rights, necessitating a narrative analysis to understand and potentially bridge this deep disagreement.

Vladimir Lukic, Lifeng Yang2026-09-21
📄 social science

You Must Not Eat from the Dead Tree of Modal Collapse

This paper argues that Joseph C. Schmid's proposed "intentional" and "providential collapse" problems against classical theism are not genuine threats, because providential collapse reduces to intentional collapse, and intentional collapse only arises under a specific model of action that the author rejects, thereby demonstrating that modal collapse arguments are even less viable than previously thought.

Enric F. Gel2026-09-21
📄 social science

Student Engagement and Classroom Participation: The Roles of Group work, Teacher Facilitation and Peer Interaction

This study of 200 secondary students in Bangladesh reveals that while teacher facilitation and peer interaction significantly drive student engagement and subsequent classroom participation, unstructured group work has no significant effect, suggesting that group tasks require clearer structure and defined roles to be effective.

Rayhan Ahmed, Md. Shamsul Arefin2026-09-21
📄 social science

Career counselors’ perspectives on career experiences and counseling services for youth with substance use disorders in Taiwan: A qualitative study

This qualitative study of eight Taiwanese career counselors reveals that youth with substance use disorders face significant stigma and instability but possess meaningful vocational assets, highlighting the need for cross-sector, strengths-based counseling frameworks to facilitate their social reintegration.

Hsiulan Tien, Pei-Chen Lin, Lei Gong, Yu-Chen Tseng, Leon Li Hsiang Yang2026-09-21