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Beyond populism and technocracy: The challenges and limits of democratic epistemology

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  1. University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK

    Alfred Moore

  2. City College of the City University of New York, New York, NY, 10031, USA

    Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti

  3. Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, 01075, USA

    Elizabeth Markovits

  4. St John’s College, Oxford, OX1 3JP, UK

    Zeynep Pamuk

  5. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Sophia Rosenfeld

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Moore, A., Invernizzi-Accetti, C., Markovits, E. et al. Beyond populism and technocracy: The challenges and limits of democratic epistemology. Contemp Polit Theory 19, 730–752 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41296-020-00398-1

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