Stephen P Turner

The Politics of Expertise

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Produktbeschreibung

The problem of expertise is an important topic in contemporary science studies and increasingly important in philosophy, political studies, and sociology. Drawing on a global range of case studies, this volume provides an alternative to the developing standard interpretations of the problem of expertise within sociology, broadening the frame of reference to ask critical questions regarding the political meaning of expertise and the political role of knowledge claims.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781138929630
• ISBN-10: 1138929638
• Artikelnr.: 42409349

Autorenporträt

Stephen P. Turner is Distinguished University Professor in the Philosophy Department at University of South Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Some Basic Theory 1. What is the Problem with Experts?
2. Political Epistemology, Expertise, and the Aggregation of Knowledge
Part II: Aggregation 3. Truth and Decision 4. Expertise and Political
Responsibility: The Columbia Shuttle Catastrophe 5. Balancing Expert Power:
Two Models for the Future of Politics 6. Quasi-Science and the State:
"Governing Science" in Comparative Perspective 7. The Pittsburgh Survey and
the Survey Movement: An Episode in the History of Expertise Part III:
Expert Institutions 8. From Edification to Expertise: Sociology as a
"Profession" 9. Scientists as Agents 10. Expertise and the Process of
Policy Making: The EU's New Model of Legitimacy 11. Was Real Existing
Socialism a Premature Form of Rule by Experts? 12. Blind Spot? Weber's
Concept of Expertise and the Perplexing Case of China Part IV: Collective
Heuristics: Expertise as System 13. Double Heuristics and Collective
Knowledge: The Case of Expertise 14. Normal Accidents of Expertise 15.
Expertise in Post-Normal Science