Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer is a sociologist and associate professor of American studies at the University of Toulouse–Jean Jaurès and junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: On What Grounds? How Same-Sex Marriage Experts Establish Power in Their Countries1. According to Authorities: Expertise in the Media2. The Floor Is Yours: Expertise in Courts and Legislatures3. For the Record: Becoming and Creating Experts4. From Scratch: Experts Work with What They’ve Got5. Ties That Bind: How Experts Connect with Lawmakers6. To Have and to Hold: Expert Capital as a Scarce ResourceConclusion: Authoritative Knowledge, Authorizing FamiliesMethodological AppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

Understanding the social construction of expertise is vitally important for anyone who cares about ethical decision-making informed by empirical data. In a world where science is under attack, disinformation campaigns abound, and the term “alternative facts” is part of the vernacular, this book could not be more timely.

Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer is a sociologist and associate professor of American studies at the University of Toulouse–Jean Jaurès and junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: On What Grounds? How Same-Sex Marriage Experts Establish Power in Their Countries1. According to Authorities: Expertise in the Media2. The Floor Is Yours: Expertise in Courts and Legislatures3. For the Record: Becoming and Creating Experts4. From Scratch: Experts Work with What They’ve Got5. Ties That Bind: How Experts Connect with Lawmakers6. To Have and to Hold: Expert Capital as a Scarce ResourceConclusion: Authoritative Knowledge, Authorizing FamiliesMethodological AppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

Understanding the social construction of expertise is vitally important for anyone who cares about ethical decision-making informed by empirical data. In a world where science is under attack, disinformation campaigns abound, and the term “alternative facts” is part of the vernacular, this book could not be more timely.

Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer is a sociologist and associate professor of American studies at the University of Toulouse–Jean Jaurès and junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: On What Grounds? How Same-Sex Marriage Experts Establish Power in Their Countries1. According to Authorities: Expertise in the Media2. The Floor Is Yours: Expertise in Courts and Legislatures3. For the Record: Becoming and Creating Experts4. From Scratch: Experts Work with What They’ve Got5. Ties That Bind: How Experts Connect with Lawmakers6. To Have and to Hold: Expert Capital as a Scarce ResourceConclusion: Authoritative Knowledge, Authorizing FamiliesMethodological AppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

Understanding the social construction of expertise is vitally important for anyone who cares about ethical decision-making informed by empirical data. In a world where science is under attack, disinformation campaigns abound, and the term “alternative facts” is part of the vernacular, this book could not be more timely.