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Science on Stage

Name: Science on Stage
Brand: Stanford University Press
SKU: 04716993
Price: 26.19 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Stephen Hilgartner
ISBN: 9780804736466

Expert Advice as Public Drama

Stephen Hilgartner

Language

English

Book Paperback

Libristo code: 04716993

Publishers Stanford University Press, October 2000

Behind the headlines of our time stands an unobtrusive army of science advisors. Panels of scientifi... Full description

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Behind the headlines of our time stands an unobtrusive army of science advisors. Panels of scientific, medical, and engineering experts evaluate the safety of the food we eat, the drugs we take, and the cars we drive. But despite the enormous influence of science advice, its authority is often problematic, and struggles over expert advice are thus a crucial aspect of contemporary politics. Science on Stage is a theoretically informed and empirically grounded study of the social process through which the credibility of expert advice is produced, challenged, and sustained. Building on the sociology of Erving Goffman, the author analyzes science advice as a form of performance, examining how advisory bodies work to bring authoritative advice to the public stage. From this perspective, advisory bodies emerge as performers who engage in impression management: they selectively reveal and conceal themselves, actively presenting some things to their audiences while hiding others backstage.