Democratization of Expertise? Exploring Novel Forms of Scientific Advice in Political Decision-Making
‘Scientific advice to politics’, the ‘nature of expertise’, and the ‘relation between experts, policymakers, and the public’ are variations of a topic that currently attracts the attention of social scientists, philosophers of science as well as practitioners in the public sphere and the media. This...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2005, 2005
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2005 |
| Series: | Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- What’s New in Scientific Advice to Politics?
- Bioethical Controversies and Policy Advice: The Production of Ethical Expertise and its Role in the Substantiation of Political Decision-Making
- Advisory Systems in Pluralistic Knowledge Societies: A Criteria-Based Typology to Assess and Optimize Environmental Policy Advice
- Institutional Design for Socially Robust Knowledge: The National Toxicology Program’s Report on Carcinogens
- Representation, Expertise, and the German Parliament: A Comparison of Three Advisory Institutions
- Expertise and Political Responsibility: The Columbia Shuttle Catastrophe
- Knowledge and Decision-Making
- Science/Policy Boundaries: A Changing Division of Labour in Dutch Expert Policy Advice
- Inserting the Public Into Science
- Between Policy and Politics
- Participation as Knowledge Production and the Limits of Democracy
- Judgment Under Siege: The Three-Body Problem of Expert Legitimacy