Science in Democracy : Expertise, Institutions, and Representation.
Title:
Science in Democracy : Expertise, Institutions, and Representation.
Author:
Brown, Mark B.
ISBN:
9780262258647
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (371 pages)
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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