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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451127003321

Autore

Turner Stephen P. <1951->

Titolo

Liberal democracy 3.0 [[electronic resource] ] : civil society in an age of experts / / Stephen P. Turner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2003

ISBN

1-4462-3943-8

0-7619-5468-6

1-281-24020-6

9786611240202

1-84787-677-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (165 p.)

Collana

Theory, culture & society

Disciplina

300.1

Soggetti

Democracy

Expertise - Political aspects

Knowledge, Theory of - Political aspects

Knowledge, Sociology of

Civil society

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; 1: Introduction: Thinking Politically about Experts; 2: The Last Inequality; 3: Is Rational Discourse With Experts Possible?; 4: Filling the Gap: The Rise of Knowledge Associations and 'Expertization'; 5: Three Eras of Liberalism; 6: The Withering Away of Civil Society?; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The author points to the crisis in knowledge in liberal democracies. This crisis, simply put, is that most citizens cannot understand, much less judge, the claims scientists make.