Rabier, Christelle, ed. (2007) Fields of expertise: a comparative history of expert procedures in Paris and London, 1600 to present. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, UK. ISBN 9781847182579
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The primacy of experts and expertise in current fields of public policy, governance and non-governmental organizations has accompanied increasing confusion on the foundations of their practices and the adequacy of their methods. Fields of Expertise clarifies the complex heritage of experts by exploring their relationship with legal, political and administrative powers from a comparative historical and interdisciplinary perspective. Specifically, the authors offer case studies on expert procedures in the two capital cities of Paris and London since 1600 in the essential areas of risk management, medical procedures, economic policy, and administrative reform. In doing so, they provide insight into the evolution of expert procedures while at the same time taking into consideration the interdisciplinary nature of scholarship on expertise drawn from Sociology, Science Studies and Political Science. The following articles thus challenge traditional views on the nature of expertise and provide a synthesis of the vast and disparate literature that has been written on the subject. Fields of Expertise’s international perspectives and multi-disciplinary grasp of the literature in political science, sociology, science studies and history will be useful to scholars and students alike in addressing this highly topical issue. The essays reference mainstream sources and widely-documented cases on experts and expertise, making it accessible to the general reader as well.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Official URL: | http://www.c-s-p.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2007 The Editor and Contributors |
| Divisions: | Economic History |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain D History General and Old World > DC France H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 03 May 2012 08:22 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 14:34 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/43411 |
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