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UNINA9910808824403321 |
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Autore |
Brown Mark B |
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Titolo |
Science in democracy : expertise, institutions, and representation / / Mark B. Brown |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-25805-6 |
1-282-69434-0 |
9786612694349 |
0-262-25864-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (371 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Science - Political aspects |
Science and state |
Science and state - Citizen participation |
Representative government and representation |
Democracy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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