Shaping science and technology policy : the next generation of research / / edited by David H. Guston and Daniel Sarewitz

• Pubblicazione: Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (383 pages)
• Disciplina: 338.9/26
• Soggetto topico: Science and state - Decision making; Technology and state - Decision making; Research - International cooperation; Science and state - Citizen participation; Technology and state - Citizen participation
• Altri autori: GustonDavid H SarewitzDaniel R
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART 1. SHAPING POLICY -- 1. Ethics, Politics, and the Public: Shaping the Research Agenda -- 2. Federal R& -- D: Shaping the National Investment Portfolio -- 3. Universities and Intellectual Property: Shaping a New Patent Policy for Government Funded Academic Research -- 4. Geography and Spillover: Shaping Innovation Policy through Small Business Research -- PART 2. SHAPING SCIENCE -- 5. EPA's Drinking Water Standards and the Shaping of Sound Science -- 6. The Case of Chemical Hormesis: How Scientific Anomaly Shapes Environmental Science and Policy -- 7. Earmarks and EPSCoR: Shaping the Distribution, Quality, and Quantity of University Research -- 8. Innovation in the U.S. Computer Equipment Industry: How Foreign R& -- D and International Trade Shape Domestic Innovation -- PART 3. SHAPING TECHNOLOGY -- 9. Shaping Technical Standards: Where Are the Users? -- 10. Technical Change for Social Ends: Shaping Transportation Infrastructures in U.S. Cities -- 11. Shaping Infrastructure and Innovation on the Internet: The End-to-End Network That Isn't -- 12. Technology Policy by Default: Shaping Communications Technology through Regulatory Policy -- PART 4. SHAPING LIFE -- 13. Engaging Diverse Communities in Shaping Genetics Policy: Who Gets to Shape the New Biotechnology? -- 14. Informed Consent and the Shaping of British and U.S. Population-Based Genetic Research -- 15. Embryos, Legislation, and Modernization: Shaping Life in the UK and German Parliaments -- 16. Reconceptualizing Technology Transfer: The Challenge of Shaping an International System of Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Shaping science and technology policy
• ISBN: 1-282-27026-5; 9786612270260; 0-299-21913-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821674103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Science and technology in society.