Umstrittene Expertise

The current political debates about climate change or the coronavirus pandemic reveal the fundamental controversial nature of expertise in politics and society. The contributions in this volume analyse various facets, actors and dynamics of the current conflicts about knowledge and expertise.
In addition to examining the contradictions of expertise in politics, the book discusses the political consequences of its controversial nature, the forms and extent of policy advice, expert conflicts in civil society and culture, and the global dimension of expertise. This special issue also contains a forum including reflections on the role of expertise during the coronavirus pandemic. The volume includes perspectives from sociology, political theory, political science and law.
With contributions by
Eva Barlösius, Silke Beck, Jamin Theres Beneke, Jelena Brankovic, Sebastian M. Büttner, Roland Czada, Marian Döhler, Alejandro Esguerra, Julian Hamann, Fabian Hempel, Caspar Hirschi, Thomas Kern, Andreas Knie, Nils C. Kumkar, Thomas Laux, Richard Münch, Julian Nardmann, Dahla Opitz, Michaela Pfadenhauer, Stephan Pühringer, Leopold Ringel, Eva Ruffing, Johannes Schmoldt, Benedikt Sepp, Dagmar Simon, Holger Straßheim und Luca Tratschin.