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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455415203321

Autore

Brown Mark B

Titolo

Science in democracy [[electronic resource] ] : expertise, institutions, and representation / / Mark B. Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-69434-0

9786612694349

0-262-25864-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (371 p.)

Disciplina

320.01

Soggetti

Science - Political aspects

Science and state

Science and state - Citizen participation

Representative government and representation

Democracy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.