Publication

2007-01-29 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

57,750 words, Guess

Page Count

231 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • LCCQ127.U6 G87 2000

Description

"In this book, David H. Guston combines political-economic, sociological, and historical insights to analyze the ways the integrity and productivity of research are negotiated in the United States. He shows how. after World War II, a "social contract for science" assumed integrity and productivity were the automatic products of unfettered scientific inquiry. Surveying four decades of controversies in science policy, Guston demonstrates how this assumption endured inquiries into the loyalty, the financial Accountability, and the technological goals of scientists."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

To E. E. Schattschneider's characterization of democracy as a form of collaboration among the ignorant and the expert we might add, so too is science policy.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Between Politics and SciencePaperbackCambridge University Press2007-01-29

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