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Knowledge Politics

Year: 2018

Type: reference-entry

Abstract: Knowledge politics, or the politics of knowledge, is a term to describe the relation between knowledge claims and political decision‐making. Scholars have investigated the relative influence of one over the other, the rising impact of knowledge, and the asymmetric relation between the two, which seems to confer power to politics. Knowledge politics denotes the practices of initiating, regulating, and using knowledge in order to justify specific policies. Conceptually, a distinction between knowledge, science, and expertise is required in order to avoid confusion.

Source: The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

DOI: 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosk018.pub2

Author: Reiner Grundmann

Institution: University of Nottingham

Language: English

Topic: Social Science and Policy Research

Subfield: General Social Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4243198602

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