Expertise : specialized knowledge in environmental politics and sustainability
(2022) p.239-252- Abstract
- In this chapter, we draw upon theoretical and empirical contributions from environmen-tal politics, sustainability studies, and Science and Technology Studies (STS) to examine how the specialized knowledge of technical experts and the informal knowledge of non-experts infuence debates about sustainability and the environment. Of particular interest is how experts from diferent disciplines interact with one another and the public they are ostensibly chartered to serve. The work refects our interest in technology and expertise as it relates to current debates on urban sustainable transitions and transformations, socio-ecological sys-tems and resilience, and urban infrastructure studies. However, the ideas in this... (More)
- In this chapter, we draw upon theoretical and empirical contributions from environmen-tal politics, sustainability studies, and Science and Technology Studies (STS) to examine how the specialized knowledge of technical experts and the informal knowledge of non-experts infuence debates about sustainability and the environment. Of particular interest is how experts from diferent disciplines interact with one another and the public they are ostensibly chartered to serve. The work refects our interest in technology and expertise as it relates to current debates on urban sustainable transitions and transformations, socio-ecological sys-tems and resilience, and urban infrastructure studies. However, the ideas in this chapter are also relevant to broader debates about the contested ways that knowledge is pro-duced and applied. (Less)
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- author
- Karvonen, Andrew LU and Brand, Ralf
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022
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- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics
- editor
- Harris, Paul G.
- edition
- 2
- pages
- 14 pages
- publisher
- Routledge
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85140502641
- ISBN
- 9781032145808
- 9781003008873
- DOI
- 10.4324/9781003008873-22
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- Urban Arena
- language
- English
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- yes
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abstract = {{In this chapter, we draw upon theoretical and empirical contributions from environmen-tal politics, sustainability studies, and Science and Technology Studies (STS) to examine how the specialized knowledge of technical experts and the informal knowledge of non-experts infuence debates about sustainability and the environment. Of particular interest is how experts from diferent disciplines interact with one another and the public they are ostensibly chartered to serve. The work refects our interest in technology and expertise as it relates to current debates on urban sustainable transitions and transformations, socio-ecological sys-tems and resilience, and urban infrastructure studies. However, the ideas in this chapter are also relevant to broader debates about the contested ways that knowledge is pro-duced and applied.}},
author = {{Karvonen, Andrew and Brand, Ralf}},
booktitle = {{Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics}},
editor = {{Harris, Paul G.}},
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language = {{eng}},
pages = {{239--252}},
publisher = {{Routledge}},
title = {{Expertise : specialized knowledge in environmental politics and sustainability}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003008873-22}},
doi = {{10.4324/9781003008873-22}},
year = {{2022}},
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