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Science without boundaries : interdisciplinarity in research, society and politics /

This book discusses the many issues involved in going beyond disciplinary research practices in science, politics and society, and addresses the complexities of their interface. Polar research is used to show how politics may intermingle with science to safeguard national interests in times of drama...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Østreng, Willy, 1941-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lanham : University Press of America, ©2010.
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Table des matières:
  • Interdisciplinary science and knowledge : what are they?
  • Politics and science : partners in arms?
  • The synthetic entities, concepts and methodologies of academic Interdisciplinarity
  • The science War, positivism, post-positivism and interdisciplinarity
  • From theory to practice : the case of INSROP
  • post-academic and post-normal science, and the preconditions of interdisciplinarity.