Knowledge Democracy
Consequences for Science, Politics, and Media
Editors: in 't Veld, Roel (Ed.)
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Knowledge democracy is an emerging concept that addresses the relationships between knowledge production and dissemination, as well as the functions of the media and democratic institutions. Although democracy has been the most successful concept of governance for societies for the last two centuries, representative democracy, which became the hallmark of advanced nation-states, seems to be in decline. Media politics is an important factor in the downfall of the original meaning of representation, yet more direct forms of democracy have not yet found an institutional embedding. Further, the Internet has also drastically changed the rules of the game, and a better educated public has broad access to information, selects for itself which types to examine, and ignores media filters. Some citizens have even become "media" themselves. In a time where the political agendas are filled with combatting so-called evils, new designs for the relationships between science, politics and media are needed. This book outlines the challenges entailed in pursuing a vital knowledge democracy.
- Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Towards Knowledge Democracy
Pages 1-11
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The harvest of the “Towards Knowledge Democracy” conference
Pages 13-24
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Heads in the clouds: knowledge democracy as a Utopian dream
Pages 25-36
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Dreaming about a properly informed democracy
Pages 37-48
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One Man – One Vote – One Carbon Footprint: Knowledge for Sustainable Development
Pages 49-61
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Knowledge Democracy
- Book Subtitle
- Consequences for Science, Politics, and Media
- Editors
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- Roel in 't Veld
- Copyright
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-642-11381-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-11381-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-642-11380-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-642-42459-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 397
- Topics
