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Policy Legitimacy, Science and Political Authority - Knowledge and action in liberal democracies (Paperback)
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Policy Legitimacy, Science and Political Authority - Knowledge and action in liberal democracies (Paperback)
Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series
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Voters expect their elected representatives to pursue good policy
and presume this will be securely founded on the best available
knowledge. Yet when representatives emphasize their reliance on
expert knowledge, they seem to defer to people whose authority
derives, not politically from the sovereign people, but from the
presumed objective status of their disciplinary bases. This book
examines the tensions between political authority and expert
authority in the formation of public policy in liberal democracies.
It aims to illustrate and better understand the nature of these
tensions rather than to argue specific ways of resolving them. The
various chapters explore the complexity of interaction between the
two forms of authority in different policy domains in order to
identify both common elements and differences. The policy domains
covered include: climate geoengineering discourses; environmental
health; biotechnology; nuclear power; whaling; economic management;
and the use of force. This volume will appeal to researchers and to
convenors of post-graduate courses in the fields of policy studies,
foreign policy decision-making, political science, environmental
studies, democratic system studies, and science policy studies.
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