Public science in liberal democracyedited by Jene M. Porter and Peter W.B. Phillips.
Public science in liberal democracyedited by Jene M. Porter and Peter W.B. Phillips.
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2007.
- 1 online resource (xii, 343 pages) : illustrations, maps
Essays presented at a conference held in Saskatoon, Sask., October 2004.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: The History, Philosophy, and Practice of Public Science / Sect. 1. History of Public Science in Theory and Practice -- 1. Element Publicum / 2. Science, Democracy, and Philosophy: From Marginal Achievements to Impossible Opportunities / 3. Public Geoscience at the Frontiers of Democracy / 4. Public Science, Society, and the Greenhouse Gas Debate / Sect. 2. Solutions to the Problems: Philosophic -- 5. Role of Humanities Policy in Public Science / 6. Science Studies Encounter with Public Science: Mertonian Norms, the Local Life of Science, and the Long Dure / 7. Democratic Deficit of Science and Its Possible Remedies / 8. New Atlantis Reconsidered / 9. Expertise, Common Sense, and the Atkins Diet / 10. Role of the Public Academic Scientist in the Twenty-first Century: Who Is Protecting the Public Interest? / 11. Science Literacy Gap: Enabling Society to Critically Evaluate New Scientific Developments / Sect. 3. Solutions to the Problems: Institutional -- 12. Science and Policymaking: The Legitimation Conundrum / 13. Bringing Balance, Disclosure, and Due Diligence into Science-Based Policymaking / 14. Technoscience in an 'Illiberal' Democracy: The Internet and Genomics in Singapore / 15. Retaining Scientific Excellence in Setting Research Priorities: Lessons from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) / 16. Toward Centres for Responsible Innovation in the Commercialized University / 17. Citizens and Biotechnology / Jene Porter and Peter W.B. Phillips -- Larry Stewart -- Carl Mitcham -- Deborah R. Hutchinson and Richard S. Williams, Jr. -- Peter J. Cook -- Robert Frodeman -- Gordon McOuat -- Ian Jarvie -- Leon Harold Craig -- Steven Shapin -- Alan McHughen -- Eric S. Sachs -- Grace Skogstad and Sarah Hartley -- Ross McKitrick -- Zaheer Baber -- Christopher D. Gerrard -- David Guston -- Rahul K. Dhanda.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9781442684720
Democracy and science--Congresses.
Science and state--Congresses.
Research--Government policy--Congresses.
Electronic Books.
Q175 / .P835 2007
Essays presented at a conference held in Saskatoon, Sask., October 2004.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: The History, Philosophy, and Practice of Public Science / Sect. 1. History of Public Science in Theory and Practice -- 1. Element Publicum / 2. Science, Democracy, and Philosophy: From Marginal Achievements to Impossible Opportunities / 3. Public Geoscience at the Frontiers of Democracy / 4. Public Science, Society, and the Greenhouse Gas Debate / Sect. 2. Solutions to the Problems: Philosophic -- 5. Role of Humanities Policy in Public Science / 6. Science Studies Encounter with Public Science: Mertonian Norms, the Local Life of Science, and the Long Dure / 7. Democratic Deficit of Science and Its Possible Remedies / 8. New Atlantis Reconsidered / 9. Expertise, Common Sense, and the Atkins Diet / 10. Role of the Public Academic Scientist in the Twenty-first Century: Who Is Protecting the Public Interest? / 11. Science Literacy Gap: Enabling Society to Critically Evaluate New Scientific Developments / Sect. 3. Solutions to the Problems: Institutional -- 12. Science and Policymaking: The Legitimation Conundrum / 13. Bringing Balance, Disclosure, and Due Diligence into Science-Based Policymaking / 14. Technoscience in an 'Illiberal' Democracy: The Internet and Genomics in Singapore / 15. Retaining Scientific Excellence in Setting Research Priorities: Lessons from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) / 16. Toward Centres for Responsible Innovation in the Commercialized University / 17. Citizens and Biotechnology / Jene Porter and Peter W.B. Phillips -- Larry Stewart -- Carl Mitcham -- Deborah R. Hutchinson and Richard S. Williams, Jr. -- Peter J. Cook -- Robert Frodeman -- Gordon McOuat -- Ian Jarvie -- Leon Harold Craig -- Steven Shapin -- Alan McHughen -- Eric S. Sachs -- Grace Skogstad and Sarah Hartley -- Ross McKitrick -- Zaheer Baber -- Christopher D. Gerrard -- David Guston -- Rahul K. Dhanda.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9781442684720
Democracy and science--Congresses.
Science and state--Congresses.
Research--Government policy--Congresses.
Electronic Books.
Q175 / .P835 2007