【2010】 Between Enlightenment and Disaster: Dimensions of the Political Use of Knowledge
Book 图书名称: Between Enlightenment and Disaster: Dimensions of the Political Use of Knowledge
Author 作者: Linda Sangolt
Publisher 出版社: Peter Lang
Page 页数: 171
Publishing Date 出版时间: Jul 28, 2010
Language 语言: English
Size 大小: 2 MB
Format 格式: pdf 文字版
ISBN:9052016313, 9789052016313
Edition: 第1版 搜索过论坛,没有该文档
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.
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.