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The fifth branch : science advisers as policymakers
La 4e de couv. indique : "In their expanding role as advisers, scientists have emerged as a formidable fifth branch of government. But even though the growing dependence of regulatory agencies on scientific and technical information has granted scientists a greater influence on public policy, o...
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | The fifth branch : science advisers as policymakers / Sheila Jasanoff |
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Cambridge, Mass., London :
Harvard University press
, C 1990 |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (XIII-302 p.) |
| Sujets : |
- Rationalizing Politics : The Rise of Social Regulation ; Science and Policymaking ; Expertise and Trust ; The Contingency of Knowledge ; The Reform Debate ; An Alternative Approach
- Flawed Decisions : Nitrites ; 2,4,5-T ; Love Canal ; Estimates of Occupational Cancer ; The Technocratic Response ; A Critical Counterpoint
- Science for the People : The Rationale for Public Science ; The New Expert Agency ; Scientific Advice and Open Government ; Judicial Review of Science Policy ; The Weakening of the Paradigm
- Peer Review and Regulatory Science : The Traditions of Peer Review ; Peer Review in Practice ; Instructive Failures ; Regulatory Science: Content and Context ; Implications for Regulatory Peer Review
- EPA and the Science Advisory Board : Early Political Challenges ; A New Cooperation ; Boundary Exercises ; SAB s Impact on Policy ; Conclusion
- The Science and Policy of Clean Air : CASAC and the NAAQS Process ; Science and Standards ; Redefining CASAC s Role ; The Carbon Monoxide Controversy ; CASAC s Effectiveness: Bridging Science and Policy
- Advisers as Adversaries : The Scientific Advisory Panel ; Implementing the Impossible ; Ethylene Dibromide ; Dicofol ; Alar ; A Fragmentation of Authority
- FDA s Advisory Network : The Scientific Evaluation of Drugs ; Expertise and Food Safety ; Advice and Decision
- Coping with New Knowledge : The Quest for Principled Risk Assessment ; Formaldehyde: An Uncertain Carcinogen ; Conclusion
- Technocracy Revisited : A Public Private Partnership for Science ; Risk Assessment without Politics ; The Public Board of Inquiry ; Wider Applications
- The Political Function of Good Science : From Advice to Policy ; Acceptable Risk ; Scientific Advice as Legitimation: Negotiation and Boundary Work ; Defining Good Science ; Normative Implications ; Conclusion.