The Rightful Place of Science: Politics

The Rightful Place of Science: Politics
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Publisher : Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes
Total Pages : 127
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ISBN-10 : 9780615886701
ISBN-13 : 0615886701
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Book Synopsis The Rightful Place of Science: Politics by : Michael Crow

Download or read book The Rightful Place of Science: Politics written by Michael Crow and published by Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inaugural volume of The Rightful Place of Science book series gathers a collection of thinkers who insist there is much to gain from trying to comprehend the politics of technological change and, its close cousin, the practice of science and scientific research. The authors are part of an intellectual and ethical movement to view science and technology neither as objects of worship nor mere scholarly analysis. They wish to improve on the politics of science and to judge their reforms by a pragmatic measure: the quality of the outcomes of science and technology. To these authors, how we talk about technological change matters, because policies ultimately express deeper vernacular yearnings – for democracy, equity and of course utility. In these essays, hard questions get asked, new perspectives are presented, and contrarian understandings abound.


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