The Politics of Expertise (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought) - Hardcover

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Turner, Stephen P.

 
9780415709439: The Politics of Expertise (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought)
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ISBN 10: 0415709431 ISBN 13: 9780415709439
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

This book collects case studies and theoretical papers on expertise, focusing on four major themes: legitimation, the aggregation of knowledge, the distribution of knowledge and the distribution of power. It focuses on the institutional means by which the distribution of knowledge and the distribution of power are connected, and how the problems of aggregating knowledge and legitimating it are solved by these structures. The radical novelty of this approach is that it places the traditional discussion of expertise in democracy into a much larger framework of knowledge and power relations, and in addition begins to raise the questions of epistemology that a serious account of these problems requires.

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About the Author

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

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415709431
ISBN 13 
9780415709439
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
338

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