Why democracies need science / Harry Collins and Robert Evans.
Why democracies need science / Harry Collins and Robert Evans.
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Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Polity Press, 2017.
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G 2017/2648
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English
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Physical content
viii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Part I. Introduction -- Science as a moral choice -- Part II. Elective modernism -- Choosing science -- Elective modernism, democracy and science -- Part III. Academic context -- Elective modernism in context -- Institutional innovations -- Manifesto -- Elective modernism and democracy.
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Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Polity Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
We live in times of increasing public distrust of the main institutions of modern society. Experts, including scientists, are suspected of working to hidden agendas or serving vested interests. The solution is usually seen as more public scrutiny and more control by democratic institutions experts must be subservient to social and political life. I...
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Why democracies need science / Harry Collins and Robert Evans.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-189) and index.
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Online version: Collins, H.M. (Harry M.), 1943- author. Why democracies need science. Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, [2017] 9781509509645 (DLC) 2016055612
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G 2017/2648
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74VKVa38A6qA
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ISBN
9781509509607 (hb)
1509509607 (hb)
9781509509614 (pb)
1509509615 (pb)
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338.926
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991024101912902626
