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Autore: | Østreng Willy <1941-> |
Titolo: | Science without boundaries [[electronic resource] ] : interdisciplinarity in research, society and politics / / Willy Østreng |
Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD, : University Press of America, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
Disciplina: | 500.72 |
Soggetto topico: | Interdisciplinary research |
Research - Social aspects | |
Research - Political aspects | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Science without boundaries |
ISBN: | 1-282-47994-6 |
9786612479946 | |
0-7618-4831-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910780848603321 |
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