TY - BOOK AU - Phillips,Peter W.B. AU - Porter,J.M. AU - TI - Public science in liberal democracyedited by Jene M. Porter and Peter W.B. Phillips SN - 9781442684720 AV - Q175 .P835 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Toronto PB - University of Toronto Press KW - Democracy and science KW - Congresses KW - Science and state KW - Research KW - Government policy KW - Electronic Books N1 - Essays presented at a conference held in Saskatoon, Sask., October 2004; 1; Introduction: The History, Philosophy, and Practice of Public Science; Jene Porter and Peter W.B. Phillips --; Sect. 1. History of Public Science in Theory and Practice --; 1. Element Publicum; Larry Stewart --; 2. Science, Democracy, and Philosophy: From Marginal Achievements to Impossible Opportunities; Carl Mitcham --; 3. Public Geoscience at the Frontiers of Democracy; Deborah R. Hutchinson and Richard S. Williams, Jr. --; 4. Public Science, Society, and the Greenhouse Gas Debate; Peter J. Cook --; Sect. 2. Solutions to the Problems: Philosophic --; 5. Role of Humanities Policy in Public Science; Robert Frodeman --; 6. Science Studies Encounter with Public Science: Mertonian Norms, the Local Life of Science, and the Long Dure; Gordon McOuat --; 7. Democratic Deficit of Science and Its Possible Remedies; Ian Jarvie --; 8. New Atlantis Reconsidered; Leon Harold Craig --; 9. Expertise, Common Sense, and the Atkins Diet; Steven Shapin --; 10. Role of the Public Academic Scientist in the Twenty-first Century: Who Is Protecting the Public Interest?; Alan McHughen --; 11. Science Literacy Gap: Enabling Society to Critically Evaluate New Scientific Developments; Eric S. Sachs --; Sect. 3. Solutions to the Problems: Institutional --; 12. Science and Policymaking: The Legitimation Conundrum; Grace Skogstad and Sarah Hartley --; 13. Bringing Balance, Disclosure, and Due Diligence into Science-Based Policymaking; Ross McKitrick --; 14. Technoscience in an 'Illiberal' Democracy: The Internet and Genomics in Singapore; Zaheer Baber --; 15. Retaining Scientific Excellence in Setting Research Priorities: Lessons from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR); Christopher D. Gerrard --; 16. Toward Centres for Responsible Innovation in the Commercialized University; David Guston --; 17. Citizens and Biotechnology; Rahul K. Dhanda; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=682587&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -