Reiner Grundmann, Nico Stehr

The Power of Scientific Knowledge

From Research to Public Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines how science and scientists influence policy-making, using the examples of eugenics, Keynesian economics and climate policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9781107022720
• ISBN-10: 110702272X
• Artikelnr.: 35485605

Autorenporträt

Reiner Grundmann is Chair of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Nottingham. He has published in journals such as New Left Review, The British Journal of Sociology, Current Sociology, the Journal of Classical Sociology, Science, Technology and Human Values, and Public Understanding of Science. His book publications include Marxism and Ecology (1991), Transnational Environmental Policy (2001) and Experts: The Knowledge and Power of Expertise (with Nico Stehr, 2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. The savior of capitalism: the power of economic discourse
3. The mentors of the Holocaust and the power of race science
4. Protectors of nature: the power of climate change research
5. Conclusion
Bibliography.