Science in democracy : expertise, institutions, and representation /
Brown, Mark B.
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press,
c2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Modern politics and the mirror of nature -- Niccolò Machiavelli and the popular politics of expertise -- Power and publicity in modern science -- Consent and competence in representative government -- Liberal rationalism and government advisory committees -- Democratizing representation in science and politics -- Thomas Hobbes and the authorization of science -- John Dewey and the reconstruction of representation -- Bruno Latour and the symmetries of science and politics -- How science becomes political -- Elements of democratic representation -- Institutionalizing democratic representation.
Science
Science and state.
Science and state
Representative government and representation.
Democracy.