European knowledge societies (plural)

Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology

Change in European Societies since the 1970s

Ethnicity and Politics of Exclusion in Nigeria: Employing Rawls’ Theory of Justice in Plural Societies

With an estimated 250 ethnic groups, Nigeria, no doubt, has been grappling with the problem of pluralism of ethnic nationalities. It is not news in Nigeria that extreme ethnic consciousness of its citizens has led to the victimization of one ethnic group by another. This victimization has come in the form of exclusions in the distribution of both wealth and power in the country. Amidst all the ...

Knowledge Societies and Knowledge Economies 1. Introduction: Mapping Disciplinary Knowledges

1 1. Introduction: Mapping Disciplinary Knowledges Concepts have histories. They also have homes. Normally we can locate them in relation to a family of kindred terms that have a home in a discipline or discourse. 'Knowledge society' and 'knowledge economy' are no exceptions. In fact they prove the generalization as both concepts are anchored in a complicated network of family terms and belong ...

The Problem of Expertise in Knowledge Societies

This paper puts forward a theoretical framework for the analysis of expertise and experts in contemporary societies. It argues that while prevailing approaches have come to see expertise in various forms and functions, they tend to neglect the broader historical and societal context, and importantly the relational aspect of expertise. This will be discussed with regard to influential theoretica...