Citizen Knowledge : Markets, Experts, and the Infrastructure of Democracy
Herzog, Lisa
Citizen Knowledge : Markets, Experts, and the Infrastructure of Democracy - 1 online resource (353 pages)
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Citizen Knowledge discusses how various forms of knowledge are dealt with in societies that combine a democratic political system with a capitalist economic system. How do citizens learn about politics? How are scientific insights taken up in politics? What role can markets play for processing decentralized knowledge? Lisa Herzog argues that the fraught relation between democracy and capitalism gets out of balance if too much knowledge is treated according to the logic of markets. Complex societies need different mechanisms for dealing with knowledge, among which democratic deliberation and expert communities are central. Citizen Knowledge develops the vision of an egalitarian society that considers the use of knowledge in society a matter of shared democratic responsibility. Cover -- Citizen Knowledge -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Democracy's Trouble with Knowledge -- 1.2. The Argument in a Nutshell -- 1.3. Political Epistemology -- 1.4. A Note on Methodology -- 1.5. Chapter Preview -- 2. Knowledge: Social, Practical, Political -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Epistemology's Shift toward the Social -- 2.3. Knowing and Acting -- 2.4. Epistemic Injustice -- 2.5. Conclusion: The Epistemic Is Political -- 3. Markets, Deliberators, Experts -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Markets -- 3.3. Deliberation -- 3.4. Knowledge Generation in Communities of Experts -- 3.5. Epistemically Well-Ordered Societies -- 3.6. Conclusion: The Epistemic Complexity of Modern Societies -- 4. The Rise of Free Market Thinking -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The Epistemic Underpinnings of Free Market Thinking -- 4.3. From Academic Discourse to Popular Narrative -- 4.4. Institutional Consequences of Market Thinking -- 4.5. Conclusion: The Fragility of Marketized Democracies -- 5. What's Wrong with the "Marketplace of Ideas"? -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Historical Sources -- 5.3. Why the Metaphor Fails -- 5.4. Markets, Battles, or Sport Games? -- 5.5. Different Fields, Different Rules -- 5.6. Conclusion -- 6. Democratic Institutionalism -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. From Principles to Institutions -- 6.3. Institutions and Individual Rights -- 6.4. Self-Stabilizing Democracy -- 6.5. Truth as Precondition of Democracy -- 6.6. Conclusion -- 7. Putting the Market in Its Place -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. The Need for Reforms toward Epistemic Functionality -- 7.2.1. Are Markets a Good Idea at All? -- 7.2.2. Which Preferences Do Markets Satisfy? -- 7.2.3. Which Epistemic Infrastructures Do Markets Need? -- 7.2.4. Do Market Prices Reflect Costs to Society? -- 7.2.5. What Do Financial Markets Reflect?.
9780197681732
Political science
Bürgergesellschaft
Demokratie
Markt
Wirtschaft
Citizen Knowledge : Markets, Experts, and the Infrastructure of Democracy - 1 online resource (353 pages)
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Citizen Knowledge discusses how various forms of knowledge are dealt with in societies that combine a democratic political system with a capitalist economic system. How do citizens learn about politics? How are scientific insights taken up in politics? What role can markets play for processing decentralized knowledge? Lisa Herzog argues that the fraught relation between democracy and capitalism gets out of balance if too much knowledge is treated according to the logic of markets. Complex societies need different mechanisms for dealing with knowledge, among which democratic deliberation and expert communities are central. Citizen Knowledge develops the vision of an egalitarian society that considers the use of knowledge in society a matter of shared democratic responsibility. Cover -- Citizen Knowledge -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Democracy's Trouble with Knowledge -- 1.2. The Argument in a Nutshell -- 1.3. Political Epistemology -- 1.4. A Note on Methodology -- 1.5. Chapter Preview -- 2. Knowledge: Social, Practical, Political -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Epistemology's Shift toward the Social -- 2.3. Knowing and Acting -- 2.4. Epistemic Injustice -- 2.5. Conclusion: The Epistemic Is Political -- 3. Markets, Deliberators, Experts -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Markets -- 3.3. Deliberation -- 3.4. Knowledge Generation in Communities of Experts -- 3.5. Epistemically Well-Ordered Societies -- 3.6. Conclusion: The Epistemic Complexity of Modern Societies -- 4. The Rise of Free Market Thinking -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The Epistemic Underpinnings of Free Market Thinking -- 4.3. From Academic Discourse to Popular Narrative -- 4.4. Institutional Consequences of Market Thinking -- 4.5. Conclusion: The Fragility of Marketized Democracies -- 5. What's Wrong with the "Marketplace of Ideas"? -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Historical Sources -- 5.3. Why the Metaphor Fails -- 5.4. Markets, Battles, or Sport Games? -- 5.5. Different Fields, Different Rules -- 5.6. Conclusion -- 6. Democratic Institutionalism -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. From Principles to Institutions -- 6.3. Institutions and Individual Rights -- 6.4. Self-Stabilizing Democracy -- 6.5. Truth as Precondition of Democracy -- 6.6. Conclusion -- 7. Putting the Market in Its Place -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. The Need for Reforms toward Epistemic Functionality -- 7.2.1. Are Markets a Good Idea at All? -- 7.2.2. Which Preferences Do Markets Satisfy? -- 7.2.3. Which Epistemic Infrastructures Do Markets Need? -- 7.2.4. Do Market Prices Reflect Costs to Society? -- 7.2.5. What Do Financial Markets Reflect?.
9780197681732
Political science
Bürgergesellschaft
Demokratie
Markt
Wirtschaft