Searching for science policy / Jonathan B. Imber, editor.
"The findings of scientific research often provide an important baseline to the formation of public policy. However, effective communication to the larger public about what scientists do and know is a problem inherent to all democratic societies. It is the prerogative of democratic societies to...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Transaction Publishers,
[2002]
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| Summary: | "The findings of scientific research often provide an important baseline to the formation of public policy. However, effective communication to the larger public about what scientists do and know is a problem inherent to all democratic societies. It is the prerogative of democratic societies to determine what kind of scientific research will be funded. Searching for Science Policy offers innovative ways of thinking about how the rhetoric and practice of science operates in various institutional contexts."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Item Description: | "The chapters of this volume originated in a conference entitled 'The use and misuses of science in public discourse' held at Boston University on April 1 and 2, 2000"--Introd. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 120 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0765801639 9780765801630 |