Text highlights the crisis in knowledge in liberal democracies: that most citizens cannot understand, much less judge, the claims scientists make. Central argument is that in a 'knowledge society' in which specialized knowledge is increasingly so important to politics, the position of democratic di
Civil Society in Liberal Democracy
β Scribed by Mark Jensen
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 204
- Series
- Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy, 26
- Category
- Library
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