Science and Public Reason

Science and Public Reason

by Jasanoff, Sheila

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This collection of essays by Sheila Jasanoff explores how democratic governments construct public reason, that is, the forms of evidence and argument used in making state decisions accountable to citizens. The term public reason as used here is not simply a matter of deploying principled arguments that respect the norms of democratic deliberation. Jasanoff investigates what states do in practice when they claim to be reasoning in the public interest. Reason, from this perspective, comprises the…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Science and Public Reason

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This collection of essays by Sheila Jasanoff explores how democratic governments construct public reason, that is, the forms of evidence and argument used in making state decisions accountable to citizens. The term public reason as used here is not simply a matter of deploying principled arguments that respect the norms of democratic deliberation. Jasanoff investigates what states do in practice when they claim to be reasoning in the public interest. Reason, from this perspective, comprises the institutional practices, discourses, techniques ...

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2012

Notes

1. Public Reason 2. Product, Process, or Programme 3. In the Democracies o DNA 4. Restoring Reason 5. Image and Imagination 6. Contested Boundaries i Policy-Relevant Science 7. The Songlines of Risk 8. Judgment under Siege 9 Technologies of Humility 10. What Judges Should Know about the Sociology of Science 11. Expert Games in Silicone Gel Breast Implant Litigation 12. The Eye of Everyman 13. In a Constitutional Moment: Science and Social Order at the Millennium

The Physical Object

  • Description:xvi, 286 s

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780203113820, 0203113829, 0415524865, 9780415524865
  • oclc:ocn810434185
  • LC Classification:Q175.5
  • Dewey Decimal:303.48 3

Subjects

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental E… Intérêt public Politique scientifique et technique Public interest Science -- Social aspects Science and state Sciences -- Aspect social Technology -- Social aspects Technology and state

Writers

Jasanoff, Sheila

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