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 
<br/><br/> Essays presented at a conference held in Saskatoon, Sask., October 2004. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/>
<br/><br/><br/>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. <br/>http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442684720 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Democracy and science--Congresses.<br/>Science and state--Congresses.<br/>Research--Government policy--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q175  / .P835 2007