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Record Nr.

UNISA996199889603316

Autore

Irwin Alan <1955, >

Titolo

Citizen science : a study of people, expertise, and sustainable development / / Alan Irwin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995

ISBN

1-134-79257-3

0-203-28860-2

0-203-20239-2

1-280-32564-X

1-134-79258-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Environment and society

Disciplina

303.48/3

Soggetti

Science - Social aspects

Sustainable development

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

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; SCIENCE AND CITIZENSHIP; SCIENCE, CITIZENS AND ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT; SCIENCE AND THE POLICY PROCESS; WITNESSES, PARTICIPANTS AND MAJOR ACCIDENT HAZARDS; FREEING THE VOICES: A SCIENCE OF THE PEOPLE?; BUILDING SUSTAINABLE FUTURES: SCIENCE SHOPS AND SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS; SCIENCE, CITIZENSHIP AND TROUBLED MODERNITY; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

We are all concerned by the environmental threats facing us today. Environmental issues are a major area of concern for policy makers, industrialists and public groups of many different kinds. While science seems central to our understanding of such threats, the statements of scientists are increasingly open to challenge in this area. Meanwhile, citizens may find themselves labelled as `ignorant' in environmental matters. In Citizen Science Alan Irwin provides a much needed route through the fraught relationship between science, the public and the environmental threat.