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Making Pure Science and Pure Politics: On the Expertise of Bypass and the Bypass of Expertise
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SYSNO ASEP 0376480 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Making Pure Science and Pure Politics: On the Expertise of Bypass and the Bypass of Expertise Author(s) Konopásek, Z. (CZ)
Stöckelová, Tereza (SOU-Z) RID, ORCID, SAI
Zamykalová, L. (CZ)Source Title Science Technology & Human Values. - : Sage - ISSN 0162-2439
Roč. 33, č. 4 (2008), s. 529-553Number of pages 24 s. Publication form web - web Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords expertise ; politics ; highway bypass Subject RIV AO - Sociology, Demography R&D Projects 1P05OK459 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) UT WOS 256865900004 DOI 10.1177/0162243907306699 Annotation This article is based on a case study of a long-term public controversy over the construction of a highway bypass (around Plzen,Czech Republic). Two principal variants of the bypass were proposed. One of them began gradually to appear preferable, increasingly attractive for experts, but remaining only on paper. In the meantime, however, the other variant became more realistic, pushed through mainly by local politicians and actually constructed. This article shows how purification of science from politics (and vice versa) played a key role in the development and ending of the case. Initial expertization of the case switched to its sharp politicization, when people got frustrated from protraction and indecisive evidence of accumulated expertise. This turned to be fatal for those who consistently staked everything on pure facts. This article concludes by outlining some general consequences of such a development for both democratic decision making and the political relevance of expertise. Workplace Institute of Sociology Contact Eva Nechvátalová, eva.nechvatalova@soc.cas.cz, Tel.: 222 220 924 / linka 351 Year of Publishing 2012
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