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1 online resource (x, 154 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Theory, culture & society
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Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; 1: Introduction: Thinking Politically about Experts; 2: The Last Inequality; 3: Is Rational Discourse With Experts Possible?; 4: Filling the Gap: The Rise of Knowledge Associations and 'Expertization'; 5: Three Eras of Liberalism; 6: The Withering Away of Civil Society?; References; Index. |
| Summary |
What are the political implications of 'expert' knowledge and especially scientific knowledge for liberal democracy? If knowledge is not evenly distributed upon what basis can the philosophy of equal rights be sustained?. This important book points to the crisis in knowledge in liberal democracies. This crisis, simply put, is that most citizens cannot understand, much less judge, the claims scientists make. One response is the appointment of public commissions to provide conclusions for policy-makers to act upon. There are also c̀€ommissions from below', such as grass roots associations that qu. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Democracy.
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Democracy. |
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Expertise -- Political aspects.
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Expertise -- Political aspects. |
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Expertise. |
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Knowledge, Theory of -- Political aspects.
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Knowledge, Theory of -- Political aspects. |
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Knowledge, Theory of. |
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Knowledge, Sociology of.
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Knowledge, Sociology of. |
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Civil society.
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Civil society. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Liberal democracy three point zero |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Turner, Stephen P., 1951- Liberal democracy 3.0. London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2003 (DLC) 2002115622 |
| ISBN |
9781847876775 (electronic book) |
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1847876773 (electronic book) |
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9781446217498 (ebook) |
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1446217493 (ebook) |
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1281240206 |
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9781281240200 |
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0761954686 |
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0761954694 (paperback) |
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9780761954682 |
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9780761954699 (paperback) |
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