Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-344) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Science in democracy

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

459794767

Responsibility statement

Mark B. Brown

Sub title

expertise, institutions, and representation

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

Table Of 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

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