Expertise in Crisis: The Ideological Contours of Public Scientific Controversies

by David S. Caudill

When the utility of masks or vaccinations became politicized during the COVID-19 pandemic and lost its mooring in scientific evidence, an already-developing crisis of expertise was exacerbated. Those who believe in consensus science wondered: "How can 'those people' not see the truth?" This book shows that the crisis is not a "scientific" controversy, but an ideological dispute with "believers" on both sides. If the advocates for consensus science...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529230918
• ISBN13: 9781529230918
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.1"