03733oam 2200781I 450 991081590220332120240516212832.01-136-28840-61-283-52137-797866138338220-203-11382-91-136-28841-410.4324/9780203113820 (CKB)2670000000230947(EBL)987995(OCoLC)804661462(SSID)ssj0000696685(PQKBManifestationID)12227125(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000696685(PQKBWorkID)10682083(PQKB)10282095(MiAaPQ)EBC987995(Au-PeEL)EBL987995(CaPaEBR)ebr10588957(CaONFJC)MIL383382(OCoLC)811382935(OCoLC)804038720(FINmELB)ELB134457(EXLCZ)99267000000023094720180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrScience and public reason /Sheila Jasanoff1st ed.New York :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (305 p.)The earthscan science in society seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-62468-1 0-415-52486-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface by David Winickoff; Acknowledgements; Credits; 1 Reason in practice; 2 Product, process, or programme: three cultures and the regulation of biotechnology; 3 In the democracies of DNA: ontological uncertainty and political order in three states; 4 Restoring reason: causal narratives and political culture; 5 Image and imagination: the formation of global environmental consciousness; 6 Contested boundaries in policy-relevant science; 7 The songlines of risk; 8 Judgment under siege: the three-body problem of expert legitimacy9 Technologies of humility: citizen participation in governing science10 What judges should know about the sociology of science; 11 Expert games in silicone gel breast implant litigation; 12 The eye of everyman: witnessing DNA in the Simpson trial; 13 In a constitutional moment: science and social order at the millennium; 14 Afterword; Index"This collection of essays explores how democratic governments construct public reason--that is, the forms of evidence and argument used in making state decisions accountable to citizens. The objective is to investigate what societies do in practice when they claim to be reasoning in the public interest. Methodologically, the book is grounded in the field of science and technology studies (STS). It uses in-depth qualitative studies of legal and political practices to shed light on the cultural construction of public reason and the reasoning political subject"--Provided by publisher.The Earthscan Science in Society SeriesScienceSocial aspectsTechnologySocial aspectsScience and stateTechnology and statePublic interestScienceSocial aspects.TechnologySocial aspects.Science and state.Technology and state.Public interest.303.48/3BUS068000BUS072000BUS099000bisacshJasanoff Sheila.265884MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815902203321Science and public reason3987247UNINA