Between Enlightenment And Disaster: Dimensions Of The Political Use Of Knowledge (philosophie & Politique / Philosophy & Politics)
by Linda Sangolt /
2010 / English / PDF
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Modern politics is highly science-dependent and knowledge-driven.
What is the rightful role of expert knowledge in political life?
How can the truth claims of science be reconciled with principles
of democratic control and lay participatory rights in
decision-making?
Modern politics is highly science-dependent and knowledge-driven.
What is the rightful role of expert knowledge in political life?
How can the truth claims of science be reconciled with principles
of democratic control and lay participatory rights in
decision-making?
This collection of essays by political scientists, sociologists and
economists from Germany, France and Norway provides different
empirical and theoretical analyses of the complex organising and
legitimising power of knowledge in political governance. The
authors shed light on key dimensions and dilemmas that have shaped
the world-changing interrelations between politics, social
institutions and scientific knowledge in the past century.
This collection of essays by political scientists, sociologists and
economists from Germany, France and Norway provides different
empirical and theoretical analyses of the complex organising and
legitimising power of knowledge in political governance. The
authors shed light on key dimensions and dilemmas that have shaped
the world-changing interrelations between politics, social
institutions and scientific knowledge in the past century.
The contributions cover issue-areas and policy-fields such as
population control, health economics, ICTs and higher education
reform, and the politics of productivity and economic pre-eminence.
The contributions cover issue-areas and policy-fields such as
population control, health economics, ICTs and higher education
reform, and the politics of productivity and economic pre-eminence.