Expert knowledge use in politics is a democratic decision

Evidence

The traditional type of political “leader”, prepared only for formal-juridical activities, is becoming anachronistic and represents a danger for the life of the State: the leader must have that minimum of general technical culture which will permit him, if not to “create” autonomously the correct solution, at least to know how to adjudicate between the solutions put forward by the experts, and hence to choose the correct one from the “synthetic” viewpoint of political technique. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 333 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The knowledge-politics link must be established case by case, not by fixed rule; Political leaders must gain enough technical culture to judge expert advice — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 333; Political leaders need technical literacy to arbitrate among experts (+2 more)

Related

• Political leaders must gain enough technical culture to judge expert advice (similarity 0.93)
• Use of expert knowledge, not its discovery, is properly a democratic decision (similarity 0.83)
• Defending experts does not entail granting them authority over political decisions (similarity 0.81)
• Modern democracy depends on insulated expert knowledge for its administrative state (similarity 0.79)
• Political leaders need technical literacy to arbitrate among experts (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Political leaders need technical literacy to arbitrate among experts #expands (0.80)
• Political leaders must gain enough technical culture to judge expert advice #expands (0.78) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 333
• The knowledge-politics link must be established case by case, not by fixed rule #qualifies (0.75)