Dorothy J. Howell

Scientific Literacy and Environmental Policy

The Missing Prerequisite for Sound Decision Making

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

National institutions involved in environmental policy planning respond more to the accommodation of special interests, whether vested, parochial, or societal, than to the realities of technological advances. This situation, combined with the added problem of widespread scientific illiteracy, makes the formulation of effective environmental policy a very difficult task to accomplish. Our politico-legal system and relationships among science, scientists, and society are explored here with specific attention to issues arising from pharmaceutical innovation and biotechnology. The identification of the resultant dilemmas reveal disenfranchisement and point to possible means of reform. Howell focuses on the need for multilateral responsibility for communication to improve the accommodation of science in policy. A truly multidisciplinary study, this book is for environmental planners as well as the interested public.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780899306162
• ISBN-10: 0899306160
• Artikelnr.: 25592512

Autorenporträt

Dorothy J. Howell, formerly an applied microbial ecologist, environmental counsel and educator, is a candidate for the PhD in environmental studies at Antioch New England Graduate School. She is the author of Ecology for Environmental Professionals (Quorum, 1994), Scientific Literacy and Environmental Policy (Quorum, 1992), and Intellectual Properties and the Legal Protection of Fictional Characters (Quorum, 1990).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Setting Prologue: Regulation in General Policy Formulation
at the Intersection of Law, Science and Technology Implications for the
Real World Collisions and Implications for Societal Scientific Literacy
Revolution in Pharmaceutical Innovation and Evolving Policy Regulation,
Voices of the Public, and Pharmaceutical Innovation: Implications of Delays
in FDA Approval of New Drugs Regulation, Voices of the Public, and
Pharmaceutical Innovation: The Quandary Goes On Regulation, Voices of the
Public, and Products of Recombinant DNA: Science and Technologies
Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Products of Recombinant DNA: The
Intersection with Policy and Law At the Intersection: Disenfranchisement
and Reenfranchisement At the Intersection: Merge, or Collision? Can We
Reenfranchise Society for the Intersection? Epilogue: "Future History"
Selected Bibliography Index