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Epistemic Governance - Social Change in the Modern World (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
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Epistemic Governance - Social Change in the Modern World (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
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This book argues that modern governance is performed by actors who
seek social change epistemically, by drawing on widespread, public
views of reality. Agents of change such as parliamentarians or
social movement activists will assess and affect what they believe
to be people's conceptions of what is possible, rational, and
desirable. This often means that these key authority figures will
invest in credible knowledge production, as well as appeal to
individual and group identifications, emotions, and values.
Alasuutari and Qadir show how this epistemic governance works in
three important arenas of social change: parliaments, which debate
laws that constitute the bulk of reforms; international
organizations that circulate global norms; and social movements and
NGOs. Through their analysis, the authors' detailed, innovative
methodology for discourse analysis indicates the utility of
epistemic governance as a new paradigm for research into global
social change. This book will be of use to students in upper level
degree programs who want to design empirical research into social
change as well as researchers in sociology, political science and
public policy.
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