Democratizing Science
eBook - ePub

Democratizing Science

The Political Roots of the Public Engagement Agenda

  1. 140 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Democratizing Science

The Political Roots of the Public Engagement Agenda

About this book

Available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

Public trust in the scientific community is under extraordinary pressure. Crucial areas of human activity and public policy, such as education, universities, climate and health care are influenced by populist political strategies rather than evidence-based solutions. Moreover, data-driven methods are becoming increasingly subject to delegitimization.

This book examines potential remedies for improving public trust and the legitimacy of science. It reviews different policy approaches adopted by governments to incentivize the empowerment of stakeholders through co-production arrangements, participatory mechanisms, public engagement and interaction between citizens and researchers.

Offering an original analysis of the political roots of the governmental impact and engagement agenda, this book sheds much-needed light on the wider connections to democracy.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. 1 Introduction: Science and Democracy
  9. 2 Public Engagement: Concept, Practice and Rhetoric
  10. 3 The Entrepreneurial State
  11. 4 The Engaged State: Bringing Citizens In
  12. 5 Working with Schools and the Case of Ecological Citizenship
  13. 6 Universities and Civic Engagement
  14. 7 Rethinking the Public Scientist
  15. Notes
  16. References
  17. Index