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Main Title The honest broker : making sense of science in policy and politics /
Author Pielke, Roger A.,
Publisher Cambridge University Press,
Year Published 2007
OCLC Number 78989094
ISBN 9780521873208; 0521873207; 9780521694810; 0521694817
Subjects Research--Moral and ethical aspects ; Research--Political aspects ; Science and state ; Politics ; Public Policy ; research policies ; decision making ; ethics ; value systems ; scientists ; Politique conomique ; Elaboration d'une politique ; Recherche ; Ethique ; Wissenschaftliche Beratung ; Soziale Verantwortung ; Wissenschaftspolitik ; Naturwissenschaften ; Politische Entscheidung ; Forskning--politiska aspekter ; Forskningsetik
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Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2007278317-d.html
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Status
EOAM  Q180.55.M67 2007 Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO 05/23/2016
ERAM  Q180.55.M67 P54 2007 Lost Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 01/08/2016
Collation x, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-182) and index.
Contents Notes
List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgments -- Four idealized roles of science in policy and politics -- The big picture, science, and democracy -- Science and decision-making -- Values -- Uncertainty -- How science policy shapes science in policy and politics -- Preemption and the decision to go to war in Iraq -- When scientists politicize science -- Making sense of science in policy and politics -- Appendix: Applying the framework -- Notes -- References -- Index. Relevant to a wide range of scientific disciplines, this is a practical guide for scientists, politicians and citizens to the relationship between science and politics.