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Experts in Science and Society

Paperback Engels 2013 9781475787443
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Taking the viewpoint that experts are consulted when there is something important at stake for an individual, a group, or society at large, this volume explores expertise as a relational concept. In order to be culturally comparative, this volume includes examples and discussions of experts in different countries and even in different time periods. The topics include the roles of political experts, scientific experts, medical experts, and legal experts.

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ISBN13:9781475787443
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:314
Uitgever:Springer US
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Political Systems and the Experts They Support.- Scientists as Expert Advisors: Science Cultures Versus National Cultures?.- Experts’ Discourses as Judicial Drama or Bureaucratic Coordination: Family Debate in the United States and Germany.- The Integration of Social Science Expertise Into the Political Process: Did It Actually Happen?.- Socialist Legal Experts: A New Profession?.- Who Is Called Upon as Expert?.- Folklore Protection in Australia: Who Is Expert in Aboriginal Tradition?.- The Humane Expert: The Crisis of Modern Medicine During the Weimar Republic.- Expertise Not Wanted: The Case of the Criminal Law.- Air Pollution Control: Who Are the Experts?.- Experts, Redefined.- The Philosopher as Coach.- Who Decides the Worth of an Arm and a Leg? Assessing the Monetary Value of Nonmonetary Damage.- The Expert in a Historical Context: The Case of Venetian Politics.- Innovative Representations.- Mapping Urban Nature: Bio-Ecological Expertise and Urban Planning.- How to Improve the Diagnostic Inferences of Medical Experts.- Statistical Scientific Evidence and Expertise in the Courtroom.- The Authority of Representations.

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