Mark B Brown

Biographic Data

ID3686246
NAMEMark B Brown
GIVEN NAMESMark B
FAMILY NAMEBrown
SIGNATUREBROWN M B
AFFILIATIONSCalifornia State University, Sacramento
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS16
TOTAL CITATIONS150
AUTHOR COUNT16
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX5

  • Birth Strikes, Climate Responsibility, and Hannah Arendt

    Open AccessMichael B Brown, Mark B BrownARTICLEThe Review of Politics2024Cited by: 1References: 6

    Many people today are concerned about the implications of climate change for their personal reproductive decisions. Some have transformed such concerns into activism by engaging in a “birth strike” and publicly announcing their decision not to procreate because of climate change. This article draws on Hannah Arendt to examine the political meaning and significance of birth strikes. It makes three basic points. First, by highlighting the human con…

  • James Baldwin and the politics of white identity

    Open AccessMichael B Brown, Mark B BrownARTICLEContemporary Political Theory2021Cited by: 2References: 29

  • Benjamin Barber and the Practice of Political Theory

    Open AccessRichard M Battistoni, Richard Battistoni et al.ARTICLEContemporary Political Theory2018Cited by: 1References: 24

  • Speaking for Nature: Hobbes, Latour, and the Democratic Representation of Nonhumans

    Open AccessMichael B Brown, Mark B BrownARTICLEScience & Technology Studies2017Cited by: 5References: 20

    Environmental theorists have often considered how best to represent nature's interests. This essay develops an approach to the democratic representation of nonhuman nature by examining the relation between Bruno Latour’s account of representation and that of Thomas Hobbes. Both Hobbes and Latour develop a constructivist theory of representation as an ongoing process that partly constitutes what it represents. In this respect, Latour’s account com…

  • Three approaches to environmental political theory

    Open AccessMichael B Brown, Mark B BrownARTICLEContemporary Political Theory2016

  • Expertise and deliberative democracy Mark B.

    Michael B Brown, Mark B BrownCHAPTERDeliberative Democracy2014

  • Politicizing science: Conceptions of politics in science and technology studies

    Open AccessMichael B Brown, Mark B BrownARTICLESocial Studies of Science2014Cited by: 36References: 34

    This essay examines five ideal-typical conceptions of politics in science and technology studies. Rather than evaluating these conceptions with reference to a single standard, the essay shows how different conceptions of politics serve distinct purposes: normative critique, two approaches to empirical description, and two views of democracy. I discuss each conception of politics with respect to how well it fulfills its apparent primary purpose, a…

  • Philip Kitcher, Science in a Democratic Society: Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York, 2011

    Open AccessMichael B Brown, Mark B BrownARTICLEMinerva2013Cited by: 1References: 1

  • Science in Democracy: Expertise, Institutions, and Representation

    Michael B Brown, Mark B BrownBOOKScience in democracy2009

    An argument that draws on canonical and contemporary thinkers in political theory and science studies—from Machiavelli to Latour—for insights on bringing scientific expertise into representative democracy. Public controversies over issues ranging from global warming to biotechnology have politicized scientific expertise and research. Some respond with calls for restoring a golden age of value-free science. More promising efforts seek to democrati…

  • Science, Democracy, and the Right to Research

    Open AccessMichael B Brown, Mark B Brown et al.ARTICLEScience and Engineering Ethics2009

  • Knowledge and Democracy: A 21st Century Perspective

    Open AccessMichael B Brown, Mark B BrownARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2009Cited by: 10

  • Fairly Balanced: The Politics of Representation on Government Advisory Committees

    Open AccessMichael B Brown, Mark B BrownARTICLEPolitical Research Quarterly2008Cited by: 14References: 24

    The United States Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) requires advisory committees to be “fairly balanced.” By examining legislative, judicial, and administrative interpretations of FACA's balance requirement, this article identifies a prevailing double standard: public officials assess committee members classified as experts in terms of their professional competence, while they assess those classified as representatives in terms of their polit…

  • Can technologies represent their publics

    Open AccessMichael B Brown, Mark B BrownARTICLETechnology in Society2007Cited by: 2References: 15

  • Survey Article: Citizen Panels and the Concept of Representation

    Open AccessMichael B Brown, Mark B BrownARTICLEJournal of Political Philosophy2006Cited by: 71References: 17

  • The Political Philosophy of Science Policy

    Open AccessMichael B Brown, Mark B BrownARTICLEMinerva2004Cited by: 4

  • The Civic Shaping of Technology: California's Electric Vehicle Program

    Open AccessMichael B Brown, Mark B BrownARTICLEScience Technology & Human Values2001Cited by: 3References: 22

    Constructivist technology studies have often cast government as one "social group" among many, reflecting a liberal pluralist view of politics. This article argues, in contrast, that due to the conceptions of citizenship conveyed by policy designs, governments have a special role to play in the shaping of new technologies. This argument is illustrated in the case of the controversial 1996 decision by the California Air Resources Board to signific…