Epistemic Governance Social Change in the Modern World /

• Main Authors: Alasuutari, Pertti (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Qadir, Ali (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Political sociology.; Social policy.; Social sciences-Philosophy.; Social sciences.; Political science.; Political Sociology.; Social Policy.; Social Theory.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Governance and Government.

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 w...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Epistemic Work
• 3. Imageries of the Social World. - 4. Authority as Epistemic Capital
• 5. International Organizations
• 6. Parliaments
• 7. Social Movements and NGOs
• 8. Epistemic Governance as a Methodological Toolkit.