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001 2014027240
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008 140710s2015 nyu 000 0 eng
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020 $a9780415821346 (hardback)
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020 $z9780203564370 (ebook)
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050 00 $aQ175.5$b.S3235 2015
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245 00 $aScience and democracy :$bmaking knowledge and making power in the biosciences and beyond /$cedited by Stephen Hilgartner, Clark A. Miller and Rob Hagendijk.
264 1 $aNew York :$bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,$c2015.
300 $axvi, 248 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"In the life sciences and beyond, new developments in science and technology and the creation of new social orders go hand in hand. In short, science and society are simultaneously and reciprocally coproduced and changed. Scientific research not only produces new knowledge and technological systems but also constitutes new forms of expertise and contributes to the emergence of new modes of living, at times empowering and at times disempowering citizens. These dynamic processes are tightly connected to significant redistributions of wealth and power, and they sometimes threaten and sometimes enhance democracy. Understanding this phenomenon poses important intellectual and normative challenges: neither traditional social sciences nor prevailing modes of democratic governance have fully grappled with the deep and growing significance of knowledge-making in twenty-first century politics. Building on new work in science and technology studies (STS), this book advances the systematic analysis of the coproduction of knowledge and power in contemporary societies. Using case studies in the new life sciences, supplemented with cases on informatics and other topics such as climate science, this book presents a theoretical framing of coproduction processes while also providing detailed empirical analyses and nuanced comparative work. It will be interesting for students of sociology, science and technology studies, the history of science, genetics, political science and public administration"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aScience$xPolitical aspects.
650 0 $aScience$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aDemocracy and science.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aHilgartner, Stephen,$eeditor.
700 1 $aMiller, Clark,$eeditor.
700 1 $aHagendijk, Rob,$eeditor.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://images.tandf.co.uk/common/jackets/websmall/978041582/9780415821346.jpg