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Annals of science and technology policy volume 2, no.2
Publisher
Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
n Search of Evidence-Based Science Policy: From the Endless Frontier to SciSIP tracks the evolution of U.S. science policy research largely as it has been conducted in universities and supported by the National Science Foundation, from its beginnings in the early 1960s to the present time, from reliance on expert opinion to more systematic, empirical studies. It examines how a community developed, the growth and decline of federal support, the emergence...
7) The hedgehog, the fox, and the magister's pox: mending the gap between science and the humanities
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Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Controversies over issues such as genetically engineered food, foot-and-mouth disease and the failure of risk models in the global financial crisis have raised concerns about the quality of expert scientific advice. The legitimacy of experts, and of the political decision-makers and policy-makers whom they advise, essentially depends on the quality of the advice. But what does quality mean in this context, and how can it be achieved? This volume...
