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Why Democracies Need Science
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This book is ideal for readers interested in the intersection of science, democracy, and public policy, including students and professionals in political science, science communication, and education. It will also appeal to those concerned with public trust in institutions and the ethical dimensions of scientific practice.
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.
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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.
In Why Democracies Need Science, Harry Collins and Robert Evans take a radically different view. They argue that, rather than democracies needing to be protected from science, democratic societies need to learn how to value science in this new age of uncertainty.
By emphasising that science is a moral enterprise, guided by values that should matter to all, they show how science can support democracy without destroying it and propose a new institution – The Owls – that can mediate between science and society and improve technological decision-making for the benefit of all.
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Barry Barish, Nobel laureate and LIGO director, calls the book "thought-provoking" and highlights how science underpins democratic ideals despite its complex relationship with political accountability. Mark Brown praises its challenge to free-market ideology with a call to embrace the moral values of modern science, describing it as "provocative and thoughtful." Reviews underscore the book's importance in addressing the balance between expert knowledge and democratic participation.
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ISBN: 9781509509607
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 24 February 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Polity Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly
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Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 142.0mm
Height: 218.0mm
Weight: 386g
Pages: 200
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About the Author
Harry Collins is a Fellow of the British Academy, and Distinguished Research Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University
Robert Evans is Reader in Sociology at Cardiff University
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