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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825941103321

Autore

Ă˜streng Willy <1941->

Titolo

Science without boundaries [[electronic resource] ] : interdisciplinarity in research, society and politics / / Willy Ă˜streng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : University Press of America, c2010

ISBN

1-282-47994-6

9786612479946

0-7618-4831-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Disciplina

500.72

Soggetti

Interdisciplinary research

Research - Social aspects

Research - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Preface; Chapter One. Interdisciplinary Science and Knowledge: What are They?; Chapter Two. Politics and Science: Partners in Arms?; Chapter Three. The Synthetic Entities, Concepts and Methodologies of Academic Interdisciplinarity; Chapter Four. The Science War, Positivism, Post-Positivism and Interdisciplinarity; Chapter Five. From Theory to Practice: The Case of INSROP; Chapter Six. Post-Academic and Post-Normal Science, and the Preconditions of Interdisciplinarity; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses the many issues involved in going beyond disciplinary research practices in science, politics and society, and addresses the complexities of their interface. Polar research is used to show how politics may intermingle with science to safeguard national interests in times of dramatic international change.