The Modern Slaves: Specialized Knowledge and Democratic Governance |
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Authors: | Nico Stehr Jason L Mast |
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Institution: | (1) Karl Mannheim Chair for Cultural Studies, Zeppelin University, Am Seemooser Horn 20, 88045 Friedrichshafen, Germany; |
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Abstract: | This article examines widely held assumptions among scientific elites positing that there is an increasing discrepancy between
those with specialized knowledge and laypersons, that governmental policy is increasingly shaped by scientific research and
its practitioners, and that these trends pose a threat to representative democracy. This article asserts that modern liberal
democratic societies are characterized by enabling structural changes that have expanded the forms of and means for citizen
action, and simplified civil society’s access to specialized knowledge. |
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