Michael B Brown

Biographic Data

ID96805
NAMEMichael B Brown
GIVEN NAMESMichael B
FAMILY NAMEBrown
SIGNATUREBROWN M B
AFFILIATIONSCalifornia State University, Sacramento
ORCID0000-0002-0096-1173
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS26
TOTAL CITATIONS155
AUTHOR COUNT26
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX5

  • Black Reparations for Whom? The Eligibility Debate in California

    Open AccessMichael B BrownARTICLEThe Journal of Race Ethnicity and…2025References: 23

    This article examines how the California Reparations Task Force (2021-23), a government advisory body, grappled with the question of which Black Americans should be eligible for reparations. Some Task Force members and activists advocated a lineage approach that restricts eligibility to people whose ancestors were enslaved in the United States. Others supported a Pan-African approach that includes all Black residents. The Task Force voted narrowl…

  • 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

  • Science and the politics of openness: Here be monsters

    Open AccessJan Balon, Alexander Smith-undifferentiated et al.BOOKScience and the Politics of…2018Cited by: 5References: 43

    examines the collaborations between scientists and the entertainment industry.He is currently writing the book Indecent Science, which will explore the historic interactions between science, religion and movie censorship.Adam Kokotovich is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Minnesota, studying invasive-species risk assessment and management.An interdisciplinary social scientist, he is interested in highlighting and opening to …

  • 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…

  • Environmental Science and Politics

    Michael B Brown, Mark Brown et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of Environmental…2016

    This chapter examines the relation between environmental science and politics with regard to its implications for environmental values, expert advice, and the public understanding of science. Environmental thinkers have offered powerful critiques of modern science, but they have also relied on science both to understand environmental problems and to legitimate political responses to them. Ironically, both romantic critics of science and their rat…

  • 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

  • Role Function and Job Satisfaction of School Psychologists Practicing in an Expanded Role Model

    Open AccessMichael B Brown, Michael Brown et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2006

    School psychologists are typically itinerant among multiple schools and often spend up to two-thirds of their time on assessment activities related to students with disabilities and special education programs. School psychologists in delivery of an expanded role service model are assigned to a single school and provide more consultation and intervention services. 97 school psychologists assigned to an expanded role in a single southeastern urban …

  • 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

  • Predoctoral Psychology Intern Selection: Does Program Type Make a Difference

    Open AccessHarvey L Gayer, Michael B Brown et al.ARTICLESocial Behavior and Personality…2003

    The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not the type of program (school psychology, clinical psychology or counseling psychology) is a factor in the predoctoral psychology internship selection process. Simulated application materials describing a prospective intern, identical in all respects except for the doctoral program type, were randomly sent to 535 directors of Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APP…

  • 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…

  • Diagnosing Written Language Disabilities Using the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Educational Achievement-Revised and the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test

    Michael B Brown, Michael BrownARTICLEPsychological Reports2000

  • Diagnosing Written Language Disabilities Using the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Educational Achievement—Revised and the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test

    Open AccessMichael B Brown, Michael Brown et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2000

    The writing portions of the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Educational Achievement-Revised and the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test are often administered when establishing eligibility for special education services due to learning disabilities. The scores on these measures are typically regarded as equivalent although little is known about how scores on the two measures differ for the same students. Differences of only a few points, however, may …

  • Managing Cities: The New Urban Context

    Michael B Brown, Michael Brown et al.ARTICLEEconomic Geography1997

  • Short Changed: Africa and World Trade

    Kwadwo Bawuah, Michael B Brown et al.ARTICLEAfrican Studies Review1995