Description: Politicizing Science by Michael Gough Examines the conflicts that arise when politics and science converge. Eleven leading scientists describe the politicization - through misapplication or over emphasis of results that favour a political decision or through outright manipulation - of scientific findings and deliberations to advance policy agendas. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Politics and science make strange bedfellows. In politics, perceptions are reality and facts are negotiable. The competing interests, conflicting objectives, and trade-offs of political negotiations often lend themselves to bending the truth and selectively interpreting facts to shape outcomes. In science, facts are reality. This collection examines the conflicts that arise when politics and science converge.In Politicizing Science: The Alchemy of Policymaking, eleven leading scientists describe the politicization—through misapplication or overemphasis of results that favor a political decision or through outright manipulation—of scientific findings and deliberations to advance policy agendas. They show how the consequences of politicization are inflicted on the public, including the diversion of money and research efforts from worthwhile scientific endeavors, the costs of unnecessary regulations, and the losses of useful products—while increased power and prestige flow to those who manipulate science.The authors of three essays describe government diversions of scientific research and the interpretation of scientific findings away from where the evidence leads and toward directions deemed politically desirable. Three more contributions analyze the expensive and extensive efforts devoted to altering images of risk in order to establish linkages in the publics mind between deleterious human health effects and various areas of scientific research. Two essays examine the workings and results of consensus advisory panels and conclude that their recommendations are often based on far-from-certain science and driven by social and political dynamics that substitute group cohesion in favor of independent, critical thinking. Authors of two essays describe the unfortunate results of application of the "precautionary principle," which generally requires proof of no risk before a new product is introduced or an existing product can be continued in use. A concluding essay describes the personal costs of opposing the politicization of science. Details ISBN0817939326 Language English ISBN-10 0817939326 ISBN-13 9780817939328 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2003 Imprint Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Place of Publication Stanford Country of Publication United States Edited by Michael Gough Birth 1939 Short Title POLITICIZING SCIENCE ALCHEMY Series Hoover Inst Press Publication Author Michael Gough Series Number 517 Subtitle The Alchemy of Policymaking Pages 314 DOI 10.1604/9780817939328 AU Release Date 2003-06-01 NZ Release Date 2003-06-01 UK Release Date 2003-06-01 Publisher Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Publication Date 2003-06-30 DEWEY 338.97306 Audience General US Release Date 2003-06-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:136565124;
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