Making sense of expertise : cases from law, medicine, journalism, COVID-19, and climate change /: cases from law, medicine, journalism, COVID-19, and climate change. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Reiner Grundmann.
• Authors: Grundmann, Reiner
• Contents: Introduction Part I A General Concept of Expertise Knowledge based expertise Advisors, specialists, commentators and artificial intelligence Public curiosity Supply and demand of expertise Experts and narratives Expertise in STS Laboratory studies Actor-Networks, human and more-than human agency Regulatory science Citizen expertise Honest brokers The Power of the Professions Insiders and outsiders Owning the problem Networks of expertise Tacit knowledge? Predicting the Future Foxes and hedgehogs Superforecasters The limits of certainty A sober view of experts Forming judgements in the face of uncertainty The Politics of Knowledge Beyond the linear model Knowledge, science, and expertise Epistemic communities Deliberative democracy Knowledge regimes Expertise and Economics A critique of expertise Methodological and political individualism Asymmetric information Discussion and Conclusion Part II The IPCC: A Chameleon of Expertise Meanings of expertise Genesis and function of the IPCC Criticism of the IPCC: Geographical and professional bias IPCC and public discourse: The narrative of climate change Boundary work IPCC headlines: From bad to worse to hope? How effective has the IPCC been? Conclusion COVID, Expertise, and Society: Stepping out of the Shadow of Epidemiology The necessary but insufficient role of epidemiology The role of science, expertise and decision-making National responses Wicked problems COVID and climate: Similarities Climate and COVID: Differences International cooperation The role of data and metrics The role of norms and values Crisis and emergency Conclusion The Challenge to Professional Expertise The case of medicine Doctors as experts Citizens as medical experts The challenge of AI Journalism as professional expertise The rise of citizen expertise The robot journalist Fake news The case of legal practice Citizen expertise in law AI applications in law What do the examples of the professions tell us? Part III 11. Conclusion All-to-human and more-than-human 12. Afterword Project Fear Governing in the 21st century Wither expertise? Towards a heterarchical world society? What about democracy? The rise of AI A reconfiguration of knowledge regimes?
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 153.9; Expertise; Specialists
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000737202; 9781003320227
• Related ISBNs: 9781032335674; 9781032335643
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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