Global institutions and social knowledge : generating research at the Scripps Institution and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, 1900s-1990s /

This theoretical and empirical study examines the influence of global institutions on the generation of scientific knowledge. Virginia Walsh's approach reverses the traditional focus of international relations literature--which most often deals with how scientific knowledge influences instituti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walsh, Virginia M.
Autores Corporativos: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, ©2004.
Colección:Politics, science, and the environment.
Temas:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission.
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1900-1999
Marine sciences > Research > History > 20th century.
Research institutes > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Marine sciences > Research
Research institutes > Social aspects
ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: Foreword / Oran R. Young
  • I. Theory
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Global institutions and social knowledge
  • II. Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, 1900s-1990s
  • 3. Exploring Pacific ecosystems : Scripps Institution, 1905-1917
  • 4. Scripps Institution, 1917-1940
  • 5. Scripps Institution, World War II, and the Cold War
  • 6. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, 1950s-1990s.

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