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- Defines scientific expertise as a part of the checks and balances in place against concentrating power
- Addresses a major debate in STS - the role of science in democracy
- Presents suggestions on how the role of science in democratic societies can be rethought and publicly explained
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Robert Evans is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University, UK. He has worked in the field of science and technology studies for over 20 years, with research projects including sustainable energy, medical genetics and economic forecasting. His work is most closely associated with the ‘Third Wave of Science Studies’, including Rethinking Expertise (2007) and Why Democracies Need Science (2017), both of which were co-authored with Professor Harry Collins, and developing the closely related Imitation Game method.
Darrin Durant is Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has published widely on democratic deliberations about nuclear waste disposal, the politics of climate change, contemporary post-truth dynamics, and the role experts can and should play in liberal democracies.
Martin Weinel is Research Associate at the Cardiff School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University, UK. In collaboration with others, most notably Harry Collins, Rob Evans and Nicky Priaulx, he has written on aspects of expertise, science policy, interdisciplinarity, science communication and the Imitation Game.
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Book Title: Experts and the Will of the People
Book Subtitle: Society, Populism and Science
Authors: Harry Collins, Robert Evans, Darrin Durant, Martin Weinel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26983-8
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26982-1Published: 23 October 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-26983-8Published: 11 October 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 99
Topics: Science and Technology Studies, Political Sociology, Human Geography, Social Policy, Comparative Politics