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Science for public policy /
Since World War II, national and international policy makers have been confronted by a growing number of complex problems the resolution of which hangs, to a significant degree, on scientific knowledge or technical insights. This puts a premium on the quality and clarity of scientific/technical advi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, England ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1987.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Science for Public Policy; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview; A New Science?; Uncertainty and Ignorance; Policy Formation as Structured Negotiation; Setting the Policy Agenda; Conclusion; Reference; Chapter 2. Science and Government in the USA; The Transition; World War II; Operations Research; Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control; Maturing of Scientific Advice; Energy; The Environment; Final Remarks; References; Chapter 3. Science and Government: A European Perspective; Well Before the Twentieth Century
- A Different Tradition of InterventionismThe American Model; From the American Model to the Japanese Model; References; Chapter 4. The Netherlands' Scientific Council for Government Policy; Main Characteristics; Responsibilities of the Council; The Place of the Council; The Composition of the Council; The Bureau; The Budget; Working Methods; Reports; External Contacts of the Council; Chapter 5. Long-term Forecasting for Science and Policy: Experiences in Poland; The Aims of Forecasting; The Problem of Time Scale; Long-Term Planning Methods; Politicians and Scientists-Cooperation Mechanisms
- Long-term Science Policy: Polish ExperiencesSocial Implications of Scientific Policy; Reference; Chapter 6. A New Branch of Science, Inc.; The Separation of Science from Public Policy; How Rational is the Policy Process?; Science Contested: Science for Whom?; Between Orthodoxy and Reformism; The Rise of the Managerial Conception of Science for Public Policy; Commentary: Hans Landberg; References; Chapter 7. Uncertainty, Ignorance and Policy; Introduction; Our Present Dilemmas; The Problem; Ignorance in Technological Development; Towards a New Understanding of Scientific Knowledge
- Coping with Uncertainty and IgnoranceCommentary: Ronald Brickman; References; Chapter 8. Uncertainty-Technical and Social; A New Concept of Science?; Implicit and Explicit Languages; Technical and Social Uncertainties; Social Interpretations of Necessary Uncertainty; Decision Rules-Formalism versus Informalism; Carcinogenicity Decision Rules; Conclusions; References; Chapter 9. Science and Socialist Society; Social Assessment of Scientific Products: Some Experiences in Czechoslovakia; Science and the Public: Conception of their Mutual Relation*
- Chapter 10. Lay Participation in Decision-making Involving Science and TechnologyThe United States; The Soviet Union; The Differences; References; Chapter 11. The Role of International Research Institutions; Introduction; Distributional Consequences of the Application of Knowledge; Local vs. Global Problems; Knowledge and Power; Global Problems; The Virtues of Hypocrisy; Constraints at the Interface Between Science and Politics; Global vs. National Stewardship of Resources; Commentary; Commentary: Giandomenico Majone; Some Preliminary Distinctions; Mature Sciences as a Special Case