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Autore |
Jasanoff Sheila |
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Titolo |
Science and public reason / / Sheila Jasanoff |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-52137-7 |
9786613833822 |
0-203-11382-9 |
1-136-28841-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Collana |
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The earthscan science in society series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Science - Social aspects |
Technology - Social aspects |
Science and state |
Technology and state |
Public interest |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface by David Winickoff; Acknowledgements; Credits; 1 Reason in practice; 2 Product, process, or programme: three cultures and the regulation of biotechnology; 3 In the democracies of DNA: ontological uncertainty and political order in three states; 4 Restoring reason: causal narratives and political culture; 5 Image and imagination: the formation of global environmental consciousness; 6 Contested boundaries in policy-relevant science; 7 The songlines of risk; 8 Judgment under siege: the three-body problem of expert legitimacy |
9 Technologies of humility: citizen participation in governing science10 What judges should know about the sociology of science; 11 Expert games in silicone gel breast implant litigation; 12 The eye of everyman: witnessing DNA in the Simpson trial; 13 In a constitutional moment: science and social order at the millennium; 14 Afterword; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"This collection of essays explores how democratic governments |
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