Democratizing Science

The Political Roots of the Public Engagement Agenda

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-09-25
Mått:140 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt:304 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:140
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781529223958

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Paola Mattei is Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Milan.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 - Introduction: Science and DemocracyA crisis of public trust in scienceKnowledge systems in a populist eraOverview of the bookChapter 2 - Public Engagement: Concept, Practice and RhetoricPublic engagement: a slippery conceptConclusionsChapter 3 - The Entrepreneurial StateThe New Public ManagementA critique of New Public ManagementThe case of the adoption of New Public Management in the 1990s in Italy Citizens' Charter of EducationConclusionsChapter 4 - The Engaged State: Bringing Citizens InCitizen scienceCollaborative governance in the new millennium and citizens as co-producersThe ecological citizenYouth public engagement with sustainabilityConclusionsChapter 5 - Working with Schools and the Case of Ecological CitizenshipEducation for sustainable development in ItalyAdoption of mandatory civic education in schools Operational concerns from the street levelDiscussion and analysisConclusionsChapter 6 - Universities and Civic EngagementThe 'old' universities and their social embeddednessThe 'new' entrepreneurial universityHigher education landscape reforms: the marketization agendaThe 'engaged' universityPublic universities at a crossroadsConclusionsChapter 7 - Rethinking the Public ScientistCitizen sciencePublic engagement: the conceptPublic engagement: the contradictionsPublic engagement: the benign rhetoric