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Sociology of the Sciences VOLUME XXIV
Managing Editor:
Peter Weingart, Universität Bielefeld, Germany Editorial Board:
Yaron Ezrahi, The Israel Democracy Institute, Jerusalem, Israel Ulrike Felt, Institute für Wissenschaftstheorie und Wissenschaftsforschung, Vienna, Austria Michael Hagner, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin, Germany Stephen H. Hilgartner, Corne ll University, Ithaca, U.S.A. Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A. Sabine Maasen, Wissenschaft sforschung/Wissenscha f tssoziologie, Basel, Switzerland Everett Mendelsohn, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A. Helga Nowotny, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Hans-Joerg Rheinberger, Max-Planck Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin, Germany Terry Shinn, GEMAS Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, France Richard D. Whitley, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, United Kingdom Bj ö rn Wittrock, SCASSS, Uppsala, Sweden
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
DEMOCRATIZATION OF EXPERTISE? Exploring Novel Forms of Scientific Advice in Political Decision-Making
Edited by
SABINE MAASEN University of Basel, Switzerland and
PETER WEINGART University of Bielefeld, Germany
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE ..................................................................................................................... vii Chapter 1:
Chapter 2:
WHAT’S NEW IN SCIENTIFIC ADVICE TO POLITICS? Introductory Essay ................................................................................ 1 Sabine Maasen and Peter Weingart BIOETHICAL CONTROVERSIES AND POLICY ADVICE: THE PRODUCTION OF ETHICAL EXPERTISE AND ITS ROLE IN THE SUBSTANTIATION OF
POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING ............................................................ 21 Alexander Bogner and Wolfgang Menz Chapter 3:
ADVISORY SYSTEMS IN PLURALISTIC KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES: A CRITERIA-BASED TYPOLOGY TO ASSESS AND OPTIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ADVICE....................................................... 41 Harald Heinrichs
Chapter 4:
INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN FOR SOCIALLY ROBUST KNOWLEDGE: THE NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM’S REPORT ON CARCINOGENS ....... 63 David H. Guston
Chapter 5:
REPRESENTATION, EXPERTISE, AND THE
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