Power of Scientific Knowledge - From Research to Public Policy

Informationen zum Autor 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). Nico Stehr is Karl Mannheim Professor of Cultural Studies at the Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany and Director of the European Centre for Sustainability Research at his university. His recent publications include: Who owns Knowledge: Knowledge and the Law with Bernd Weiler (2008), Knowledge and Democracy (2008), Society: Critical Concepts in Sociology with Reiner Grundmann (2008), Climate and Society with Hans von Storch (2010) and Experts: The Knowledge and Power of Expertise with Reiner Grundmann (2011). Klappentext Examines how science and scientists influence policy-making, using the examples of eugenics, Keynesian economics and climate policy. Zusammenfassung It is often said that knowledge is power! but what factors determine the success of scientific research in influencing policy? This book uses a comparative and historical perspective to examine how political decisions relate to scientific knowledge and in what sense we can actually speak of the power of knowledge. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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• Authors: Reiner Grundmann, Reiner (Aston University) Grundmann, Reiner (Aston University) Stehr Grundmann, Reiner Stehr Grundmann, Grundmann Reiner, GRUNDMANN REINER STEHR NICO, Nico Stehr, Stehr Nico
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.08.2012
• EAN: 9781107022720
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02272-0
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Political science & theory, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies