Transparency and accountability in science and politics : the awareness principle / Kjell Andersson.
Transparency and accountability in science and politics : the awareness principle / Kjell Andersson.
Transparency and accountability in science and politics : the awareness principle / Kjell Andersson.
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Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, c2008.
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N352.88/2
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English
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xiii, 257 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. The Democratic Challenge -- 2. Science Has Lost Its Ethos -- 3. Values, Emotions, Interests and Rationality -- 4. Radioactive Waste Management -- 5. Risk Assessment and Risk Management -- 6. Biotechnology and Nanotechnologies -- 7. Global Warming -- 8. Examples from Other Areas -- 9. Lessons Lear...
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Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, c2008.
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England
Date Published
c2008.
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"Andersson challenges the role of scientists and expertise in policy-making as well as the idea of deliberative democracy. The integrity of science, politics and journalism is dissolving - market conditions are in play and as a result we have a market democracy. Andersson finds evidence of this in areas such as biotechnology, nanotechnologies, radi...
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Transparency and accountability in science and politics : the awareness principle / Kjell Andersson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2008.
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N352.88/2
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74VM4jrQ6NbM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM4jrQ6NbM
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0230542174
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352.88
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991001542859702626
