Format:
1 online resource (371 pages)
ISBN:
9780262258647
Series Statement:
The MIT Press Ser
Content:
An argument that draws on canonical and contemporary thinkers in political theory and science studies--from Machiavelli to Latour--for insights on bringing scientific expertise into representative democracy.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I Modern Politics and the Mirror of Nature -- 1 Niccolò Machiavelli and the Popular Politics of Expertise -- 2 Power and Publicity in Modern Science -- 3 Consent and Competence in Representative Government -- 4 Liberal Rationalism and Government Advisory Committees -- II Democratizing Representation in Science and Politics -- 5 Thomas Hobbes and the Authorization of Science -- 6 John Dewey and the Reconstruction of Representation -- 7 Bruno Latour and the Symmetries of Science and Politics -- 8 How Science Becomes Political -- 9 Elements of Democratic Representation -- 10 Institutionalizing Democratic Representation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780262013246
Additional Edition:
Print version Brown, Mark B Science in Democracy : Expertise, Institutions, and Representation Cambridge : MIT Press,c2009
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Brown, Mark B. Science in democracy Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 2009 ISBN 0262513048
Additional Edition:
ISBN 026201324X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780262513043
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780262013246
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Naturwissenschaften
;
Politisierung
;
Demokratie
;
Naturwissenschaften
;
Politisierung
;
Demokratie
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