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Regardless of whether science is practised in industry, the academy, or government, its conduct inescapably shapes and is shaped by democratic institutions. Moreover, the involvement of science with public policy formation and democracy has dramatically increased over the centuries and, by all accou...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Baber, Zaheer (Contribuidor), Cook, Peter J. (Contribuidor), Craig, Leon Harold (Contribuidor), Dhanda, Rahul K. (Contribuidor), Frodeman, Robert (Contribuidor), Gerrard, Christopher D. (Contribuidor), Guston, David H. (Contribuidor), Hartley, Sarah (Contribuidor), Hutchinson, Deborah R. (Contribuidor), Jarvie, Ian (Contribuidor), McHughen, Alan (Contribuidor), McKitrick, Ross (Contribuidor), McOuat, Gordon (Contribuidor), Mitcham, Carl (Contribuidor), Phillips, Peter W.B (Contribuidor), Phillips, Peter (Editor ), Porter, Jene (Contribuidor, Editor ), Sachs, Eric S. (Contribuidor), Shapin, Steven (Contribuidor), Skogstad, Grace (Contribuidor), Stewart, Larry (Contribuidor), Williams, Richard S. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Temas:
Democracy and science > Congresses.
Research > Government policy > Congresses.
Science and state > Congresses.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: The History, Philosophy, and Practice of Public Science
  • Section One: The History of Public Science in Theory and Practice
  • 1. The Element Publicum
  • 2. Science, Democracy, and Philosophy: From Marginal Achievements to Impossible Opportunities
  • 3. Public Geoscience at the Frontiers of Democracy
  • 4. Public Science, Society, and the Greenhouse Gas Debate
  • Section Two: Solutions to the Problems: Philosophic
  • 5. The Role of Humanities Policy in Public Science
  • 6. Science Studies Encounter with Public Science: Mertonian Norms, the Local Life of Science, and the Long Duré
  • 7. The Democratic Deficit of Science and Its Possible Remedies
  • 8. New Atlantis Reconsidered
  • 9. Expertise, Common Sense, and the Atkins Diet
  • 10. The Role of the Public Academic Scientist in the Twenty-first Century: Who Is Protecting the Public Interest?
  • 11. The Science Literacy Gap: Enabling Society to Critically Evaluate New Scientific Developments
  • Section Three: Solutions to the Problems: Institutional
  • 12 Science and Policymaking: The Legitimation Conundrum
  • 13. Bringing Balance, Disclosure, and Due Diligence into Science-Based Policymaking
  • 14. Technoscience in an 'Illiberal' Democracy: The Internet and Genomics in Singapore
  • 15. Retaining Scientific Excellence in Setting Research Priorities: Lessons from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
  • 16. Toward Centres for Responsible Innovation in the Commercialized University
  • 17. Citizens and Biotechnology
  • Contributors

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