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1 online resource (vii, 240 pages) |
| Contents |
Part 1. Knowledge and freedom as a two-way street. Introduction to Part 1 / Steve Fuller -- Two concepts of freedom: implications for the question of knowledge / Thora Margareta Bertilsson -- Do we need self-knowledge in order to live as free citizens? / Stein Ringen -- Death, justice, and freedom: does global knowledge change the rules? Or, freedom's family romance / Charles Lemert. Part 2. Rethinking democracy: are societies becoming less democratic and citizens less knowledgeable? Introduction to Part 2 / J. Rogers Hollingsworth -- Knowledge and democracy: is freedom a daughter of knowledge? / Erhard Busek -- Trust matters: democratic impingements in the city of knowledge / Uli Schreiterer -- What may the sheep safely know? / Reiner Grundmann -- Science democratized = expertise decommissioned / Steve Fuller -- Balancing expert power: two models for the future of politics / Stephen Turner -- How robust is "socially robust knowledge"? / Peter Weingart. Part 3. Problems in institutionalizing knowledge for freedom. Introduction to Part 3 / Steve Fuller. Knowledge, democracy, and uneven playing fields: insights from climate politics in--and between--the US and Brazil / Myanna Lahsen -- The role of scientific knowledge in public policy in theory and in political practice--the case of integrated rural development / Michael Bocher -- Information liberation? The relations of knowledge and freedom in social-democratic thought / Alistair S. Duff -- Science, democracy, and social (dis)order: some concluding reflections / Alan Irwin |
| Summary |
"This volume explores the relationship between knowledge and democracy. Do they support each other, do they mutually depend on each other, or are they perhaps even in conflict with each other? Does knowledge increase the freedom to act? If additional knowledge contributes to individual and social well-being, does it also enhance freedoms? Knowledge and Democracy focuses on the interpenetration of knowledge, freedom and democracy, and does so from various perspectives, theoretical as well as practical. This volume will attract the interest of political scientists, sociologists, economists, and students within various disciplines."--Jacket |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Democracy -- Congresses
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Liberty -- Congresses
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Expertise -- Congresses
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Politics, Practical -- Congresses
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Knowledge, Sociology of -- Congresses
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy.
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Democracy
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Expertise
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Knowledge, Sociology of
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Liberty
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Politics, Practical
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Demokratie
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Freiheit
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Wissenssoziologie
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stehr, Nico.
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| ISBN |
9781412812245 |
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1412812240 |
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