Science in democracy : expertise, institutions, and representation /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Mark B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Science > Political aspects.
Science and state.
Science and state > Citizen participation.
Representative government and representation.
Democracy.
Technology and state.
Sciences > Aspect politique.
Politique scientifique et technique.
Politique scientifique et technique > Participation des citoyens.
Gouvernement représentatif.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Technology and state
Democracy
Representative government and representation
Science and state
Science and state > Citizen participation
Science > Political aspects
Demokratie
Naturwissenschaften
Politisierung
Wissenschaft.
Politik.
Gesellschaft.
Wissenschaftspolitik.
Demokratie.
Forskningspolitik > medborgerligt deltagande.
Demokrati.
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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