The politics of scientific advice : institutional design for quality assurance / / Justus Lentsch and Peter Weingart (eds.) [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 381 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 338.9/26 |
Soggetto topico |
Science news
Scientific bureaus Science and state |
ISBN |
1-107-22698-8
1-139-09755-5 1-283-34184-0 9786613341846 1-139-10340-7 1-139-10094-7 1-139-10160-9 1-139-09891-8 0-511-77714-0 1-139-09959-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; I. Methodological Issues: Quality Control and Assurance in Scientific Policy Advice: ; 1. Introduction: the quest for quality as a challenge to scientific policy advice: an overdue debate? / Justus Lentsch and Peter Weingart; ; 2. Quality control and peer review in advisory science / Sheila Jasanoff; ; 3. Reconciling representation with reality: unitisation as an example for science and public policy / Naomi Oreskes; ; 4. Looking for quality in all the wrong places, or: the technological origins of quality in scientific policy advice / Daniel Sarewitz -- ; II. Collegial Science Advisory Bodies: ; 5. Knowledge, advice and influence: the role of the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, 1970-2009 / Susan Owens; ; 6. International Commission on Radiological Protection: policy and worldwide standards/ Christian Streffer; ; 7. The European Commission and the collection and use of science and technology advice / Michael D. Rogers -- ; III. Collegial Science Policy Advisory Bodies: ; 8. RMNO and quality control of scientific advice to policy / Bert de Wit; ; 9. Quality assurance through procedures: policy advice by the German Science Council / Andreas Stucke -- ; IV. Research-Based Advisory Organizations: ; 10. The industrial organisation of economic policy preparation in The Netherlands / Frank A.G. den Butter; ; 11. Quality control for the leading institutes of economic research in Germany: promoting quality within and competition between the institutes / Gert G. Wagner; ; 12. Quality control and the link between science and regulation from a national and EU administrator's perspective / Geoffrey Podger; ; 13. Science into policy: the European Environment Agency / Sven Dammann and David Gee; ; 14. Reflective approaches to uncertainty assessment and communication / Jeroen P. van der Sluijs, Arthur Petersen and Silvio Funtowicz; ; 15. Looking through the telescope: quality assurance in scientific advice to politics / Reinhard Kurth and Susanne Glasmacher; ; 16. Scientific policy advice and foreign policymaking: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Volker Perthes -- ; V. Academies of Science: ; 17. Scientific advice for policy in the United States: lessons from the National Academies and the former Congressional Office of Technology Assessment / Peter D. Blair; ; 18. Quality control in scientific policy advice: the experience of the Royal Society / Peter Collins; ; 19. European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) / Robin Fears and Volker ter Meulen; ; 20. Quality control in the advisory process: towards an institutional design for robust science advice / Justus Lentsch and Peter Weingart. |
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The politics of scientific advice : institutional design for quality assurance / / Justus Lentsch and Peter Weingart (eds.) [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 381 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 338.9/26 |
Soggetto topico |
Science news
Scientific bureaus Science and state |
ISBN |
1-107-22698-8
1-139-09755-5 1-283-34184-0 9786613341846 1-139-10340-7 1-139-10094-7 1-139-10160-9 1-139-09891-8 0-511-77714-0 1-139-09959-0 |
Classificazione | POL000000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; I. Methodological Issues: Quality Control and Assurance in Scientific Policy Advice: ; 1. Introduction: the quest for quality as a challenge to scientific policy advice: an overdue debate? / Justus Lentsch and Peter Weingart; ; 2. Quality control and peer review in advisory science / Sheila Jasanoff; ; 3. Reconciling representation with reality: unitisation as an example for science and public policy / Naomi Oreskes; ; 4. Looking for quality in all the wrong places, or: the technological origins of quality in scientific policy advice / Daniel Sarewitz -- ; II. Collegial Science Advisory Bodies: ; 5. Knowledge, advice and influence: the role of the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, 1970-2009 / Susan Owens; ; 6. International Commission on Radiological Protection: policy and worldwide standards/ Christian Streffer; ; 7. The European Commission and the collection and use of science and technology advice / Michael D. Rogers -- ; III. Collegial Science Policy Advisory Bodies: ; 8. RMNO and quality control of scientific advice to policy / Bert de Wit; ; 9. Quality assurance through procedures: policy advice by the German Science Council / Andreas Stucke -- ; IV. Research-Based Advisory Organizations: ; 10. The industrial organisation of economic policy preparation in The Netherlands / Frank A.G. den Butter; ; 11. Quality control for the leading institutes of economic research in Germany: promoting quality within and competition between the institutes / Gert G. Wagner; ; 12. Quality control and the link between science and regulation from a national and EU administrator's perspective / Geoffrey Podger; ; 13. Science into policy: the European Environment Agency / Sven Dammann and David Gee; ; 14. Reflective approaches to uncertainty assessment and communication / Jeroen P. van der Sluijs, Arthur Petersen and Silvio Funtowicz; ; 15. Looking through the telescope: quality assurance in scientific advice to politics / Reinhard Kurth and Susanne Glasmacher; ; 16. Scientific policy advice and foreign policymaking: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Volker Perthes -- ; V. Academies of Science: ; 17. Scientific advice for policy in the United States: lessons from the National Academies and the former Congressional Office of Technology Assessment / Peter D. Blair; ; 18. Quality control in scientific policy advice: the experience of the Royal Society / Peter Collins; ; 19. European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) / Robin Fears and Volker ter Meulen; ; 20. Quality control in the advisory process: towards an institutional design for robust science advice / Justus Lentsch and Peter Weingart. |
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The politics of scientific advice : institutional design for quality assurance / / Justus Lentsch and Peter Weingart (eds.) [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 381 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 338.9/26 |
Soggetto topico |
Science news
Scientific bureaus Science and state |
ISBN |
1-107-22698-8
1-139-09755-5 1-283-34184-0 9786613341846 1-139-10340-7 1-139-10094-7 1-139-10160-9 1-139-09891-8 0-511-77714-0 1-139-09959-0 |
Classificazione | POL000000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; I. Methodological Issues: Quality Control and Assurance in Scientific Policy Advice: ; 1. Introduction: the quest for quality as a challenge to scientific policy advice: an overdue debate? / Justus Lentsch and Peter Weingart; ; 2. Quality control and peer review in advisory science / Sheila Jasanoff; ; 3. Reconciling representation with reality: unitisation as an example for science and public policy / Naomi Oreskes; ; 4. Looking for quality in all the wrong places, or: the technological origins of quality in scientific policy advice / Daniel Sarewitz -- ; II. Collegial Science Advisory Bodies: ; 5. Knowledge, advice and influence: the role of the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, 1970-2009 / Susan Owens; ; 6. International Commission on Radiological Protection: policy and worldwide standards/ Christian Streffer; ; 7. The European Commission and the collection and use of science and technology advice / Michael D. Rogers -- ; III. Collegial Science Policy Advisory Bodies: ; 8. RMNO and quality control of scientific advice to policy / Bert de Wit; ; 9. Quality assurance through procedures: policy advice by the German Science Council / Andreas Stucke -- ; IV. Research-Based Advisory Organizations: ; 10. The industrial organisation of economic policy preparation in The Netherlands / Frank A.G. den Butter; ; 11. Quality control for the leading institutes of economic research in Germany: promoting quality within and competition between the institutes / Gert G. Wagner; ; 12. Quality control and the link between science and regulation from a national and EU administrator's perspective / Geoffrey Podger; ; 13. Science into policy: the European Environment Agency / Sven Dammann and David Gee; ; 14. Reflective approaches to uncertainty assessment and communication / Jeroen P. van der Sluijs, Arthur Petersen and Silvio Funtowicz; ; 15. Looking through the telescope: quality assurance in scientific advice to politics / Reinhard Kurth and Susanne Glasmacher; ; 16. Scientific policy advice and foreign policymaking: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Volker Perthes -- ; V. Academies of Science: ; 17. Scientific advice for policy in the United States: lessons from the National Academies and the former Congressional Office of Technology Assessment / Peter D. Blair; ; 18. Quality control in scientific policy advice: the experience of the Royal Society / Peter Collins; ; 19. European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) / Robin Fears and Volker ter Meulen; ; 20. Quality control in the advisory process: towards an institutional design for robust science advice / Justus Lentsch and Peter Weingart. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820368203321 |
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The Positive sum strategy [[electronic resource] ] : harnessing technology for economic growth / / Ralph Landau and Nathan Rosenberg, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1986 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (656 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.9/26 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LandauRalph
RosenbergNathan <1927-> |
Soggetto topico | Technological innovations - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-22206-9
9786610222063 0-309-56798-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455803603321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1986 | ||
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The Positive sum strategy [[electronic resource] ] : harnessing technology for economic growth / / Ralph Landau and Nathan Rosenberg, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1986 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (656 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.9/26 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LandauRalph
RosenbergNathan <1927-> |
Soggetto topico | Technological innovations - United States |
ISBN |
1-280-22206-9
9786610222063 0-309-56798-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778674503321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1986 | ||
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The Positive sum strategy [[electronic resource] ] : harnessing technology for economic growth / / Ralph Landau and Nathan Rosenberg, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1986 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (656 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.9/26 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LandauRalph
RosenbergNathan <1927-> |
Soggetto topico | Technological innovations - United States |
ISBN |
1-280-22206-9
9786610222063 0-309-56798-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818456903321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1986 | ||
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Powerless science? : science and politics in a toxic world / / edited by Soraya Boudia and Nathalie Jas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
Disciplina | 338.9/26 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BoudiaSoraya
JasNathalie |
Collana | The Environment in History: International Perspectives |
Soggetto topico |
Science and state
Science - Political aspects Science - Moral and ethical aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-78533-198-1
1-78238-237-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453513103321 |
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2014 | ||
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Powerless science? : science and politics in a toxic world / / edited by Soraya Boudia and Nathalie Jas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
Disciplina | 338.9/26 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BoudiaSoraya
JasNathalie |
Collana | The Environment in History: International Perspectives |
Soggetto topico |
Science and state
Science - Political aspects Science - Moral and ethical aspects |
ISBN |
1-78533-198-1
1-78238-237-2 |
Classificazione | AK 24400 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Introduction. The greatness and misery of science in a toxic world / Soraya Boudia and Nathalie Jas -- Part I. Knowledge, expertise, and the transformations in regulatory systems -- Precaution and the history of endocrine disruptors / Nancy Langston -- The political life of mutagens: a history of the Ames test / Angela N. H. Creager -- DES, cancer, and endocrine disruptors: ways of regulating, chemical risks, and public expertise in the United States / Jean-Paul Gaudilliáere -- Managing scientific and political uncertainty: environmental risk assessment in a historical perspective / Soraya Boudia.
Part II. Activism and nonactivism: alternative uses of knowledge -- Work, bodies, militancy: the "class ecology" debate in 1970s Italy / Stefania Barca -- What kind of knowledge is needed about toxicant-related health issues? Some lessons drawn from the Seveso dioxin case / Laura Centemeri -- From suspicious illness to policy change in petrochemical regions: popular epidemiology, science, and the law in the United States and Italy / Barbara L. Allen -- Guinea pigs go to court: epidemiology and class actions in Taiwan / Paul Jobin and Yu-Hwei Tseng. Part III. Putting knowledge, ignorance, and regulation into perspective -- Reckless laws, contaminated people: science reveals legal shortcomings in public health protections / Carl F. Cranor -- Untangling ignorance in environmental risk assessment / Scott Frickel and Michelle Edwards -- Low-dose toxicology: narratives from science-transcience interface / Sheldon Krimsky -- Unruly technologies and fractured oversight: toward a model for chemical control for the twenty-first century / Jody A. Roberts. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790994903321 |
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2014 | ||
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Powerless science? : science and politics in a toxic world / / edited by Soraya Boudia and Nathalie Jas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
Disciplina | 338.9/26 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BoudiaSoraya
JasNathalie |
Collana | The Environment in History: International Perspectives |
Soggetto topico |
Science and state
Science - Political aspects Science - Moral and ethical aspects |
ISBN |
1-78533-198-1
1-78238-237-2 |
Classificazione | AK 24400 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Introduction. The greatness and misery of science in a toxic world / Soraya Boudia and Nathalie Jas -- Part I. Knowledge, expertise, and the transformations in regulatory systems -- Precaution and the history of endocrine disruptors / Nancy Langston -- The political life of mutagens: a history of the Ames test / Angela N. H. Creager -- DES, cancer, and endocrine disruptors: ways of regulating, chemical risks, and public expertise in the United States / Jean-Paul Gaudilliáere -- Managing scientific and political uncertainty: environmental risk assessment in a historical perspective / Soraya Boudia.
Part II. Activism and nonactivism: alternative uses of knowledge -- Work, bodies, militancy: the "class ecology" debate in 1970s Italy / Stefania Barca -- What kind of knowledge is needed about toxicant-related health issues? Some lessons drawn from the Seveso dioxin case / Laura Centemeri -- From suspicious illness to policy change in petrochemical regions: popular epidemiology, science, and the law in the United States and Italy / Barbara L. Allen -- Guinea pigs go to court: epidemiology and class actions in Taiwan / Paul Jobin and Yu-Hwei Tseng. Part III. Putting knowledge, ignorance, and regulation into perspective -- Reckless laws, contaminated people: science reveals legal shortcomings in public health protections / Carl F. Cranor -- Untangling ignorance in environmental risk assessment / Scott Frickel and Michelle Edwards -- Low-dose toxicology: narratives from science-transcience interface / Sheldon Krimsky -- Unruly technologies and fractured oversight: toward a model for chemical control for the twenty-first century / Jody A. Roberts. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811375903321 |
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2014 | ||
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Science and political controversy : a reference handbook / / David E. Newton |
Autore | Newton David E. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Barbara, California : , : ABC-CLIO, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.9/26 |
Collana | Contemporary World Issues |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Political aspects
Science and state - History Science - Political aspects - United States Science and state - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-78539-938-1
1-61069-320-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 BACKGROUND AND HISTORY; Greek Science in Decline; The Rise of Modern Science; What Is Science?; The Organization of Science; What Is the Purpose of Science?; The Industrial Revolution; The French Revolution; The Origins of Science in America; The Growth of Basic Research in the United States; Science and Politics in the Mid-20th Century; The Soviet Union; Nazi Germany; Great Britain; Conclusion; 2 PROBLEMS, CONTROVERSIES, AND SOLUTIONS; Galileo Revisited: The Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer; The Science behind the Politics; Reaction in the United States
Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project, and ReactionThe Space Race and the Apollo Program; Big Science, Little Science; The Superconducting Super Collider; The Strategic Defense Initiative; Science Interruptus; The Evils of Marijuana,; Issues of Human Sexuality; Abstinence-Only Education; Plan B; Global Climate Change; Conclusion; 3 PERSPECTIVES; Introduction; The Politics of Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Sandy Becker; Kitzmiller v. Dover in Focus, Glenn Branch; Science Is Not a Liberal Conspiracy, Allan B. Cobb; Rowland's Recipe for Climate Treaty Success, Joel Grossman The Evolving Dispute over Teaching Darwinism, Phill JonesA Satellite Launches More Controversy; Antievolutionists Struggle to Adapt Tactics; The Politics of Genetically Modified Foods, Bill Loftus; Science, Politics, and High Energy Physics, Michael Perricone; Lysenko's Revenge: Science, Politics, and Hot Rhetoric, John Galbraith Simmons; The Corruption of Climate Science by Leftist Politics, A. J. Smuskiewicz; Oil and Water-The Political Mix of the 21st Century, Lana Straub; 4 PROFILES; Introduction; Todd Akin (1947-); American Association for the Advancement of Science Jonathan Beckwith (1935-)Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science; Teresa Stanton Collett; Federation of American Scientists; Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911); Government Accountability Project; Edward R. Korman (1942-); Philipp Lenard (1862-1947); John Marburger (1941-2011); National Academy of Sciences; National Center for Science Education; Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE); Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; Ronald Reagan (1911-2004); Eugenie C. Scott (1945-); Kathleen Sebelius (1948-); B. F. Skinner (1904-1990) Union of Concerned Scientists5 DATA AND DOCUMENTS; Introduction; Data; Table 5.1: Impact of Abstinence-Only Education Programs on Behavior; Table 5.2: Survey of FDA Scientists. Percent of Scientists Expressing Each Opinion on Each Question; Documents; The Republic, by Plato (ca. 389 BCE); Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989; Abortion and Breast Cancer Legislation (1990s); Politics and Science in the Federal Government (2003); Gil Garcetti, et al., Petitioners v. Richard Ceballos , 547 U.S. 410 (2006); Politicization of the Surgeon General's Office (2007) In the Matter of Julie MacDonald (2008) |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458293103321 |
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