Participatory Democracy, Science and Technology: An Exploration in the Philosophy of Science

✍ Scribed by Karl Rogers (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Leaves: 262
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
The Call for Democratic Participation....Pages 1-37
Substantive Theories of Technology....Pages 38-71
Democratising the Technological Society....Pages 72-110
Participatory Democracy....Pages 111-142
Science and Technology....Pages 143-179
Towards a Rational Society....Pages 180-219
Back Matter....Pages 220-252

✦ Subjects

Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Political Philosophy; Democracy

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