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Science in democracy : expertise, institutions, and representation / Mark B. Brown.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Brown, Mark B.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Science--Political aspects.
Science.
Science and state.
Science and state--Citizen participation.
Representative government and representation.
Democracy.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (371 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Mark Brown draws on canonical & contemporary political & scientific theory, from Machiavelli to Latour, to throw light on how scientific expertise may be brought into a representative democracy.
Contents:
Modern politics and the mirror of nature
Niccolò Machiavelli and the popular politics of expertise
Power and publicity in modern science
Consent and competence in representative government
Liberal rationalism and government advisory committees
Democratizing representation in science and politics
Thomas Hobbes and the authorization of science
John Dewey and the reconstruction of representation
Bruno Latour and the symmetries of science and politics
How science becomes political
Elements of democratic representation
Institutionalizing democratic representation.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-262-25805-6
1-282-69434-0
9786612694349
0-262-25864-1
OCLC:
459794767
Publisher Number:
9786612694349

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