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Epistemic Governance : Social Change in the Modern World by Pertti Alasuutari & Ali Qadir is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is Epistemic Governance : Social Change in the Modern World about?
This book argues that modern governance is performed by actors who seek social change epistemically, by drawing on widespread, public views of reality. Agents of change such as parliamentarians or social movement activists will assess and affect what they believe to be people’s conceptions of what is possible, rational, and desirable. This often means that these key authority figures will invest in credible knowledge production, as well as appeal to individual and group identifications, emotions
Who reads Epistemic Governance : Social Change in the Modern World?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Pertti Alasuutari & Ali Qadir
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783030191498
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Sociology, Political Science, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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