Discerning Experts

"Discerning Experts assesses the assessments that many governments rely on to help guide environmental policy and action. Through their close look at environmental assessments involving acid rain, ozone depletion, and sea level rise, the authors explore how experts deliberate and decide on the scientific facts about problems like climate change. They also seek to understand how the scientists involved make the judgments they do, how the organization and management of assessment activities affects those judgments, and how expertise is identified and constructed."--cover

About the author

Michael Oppenheimer is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs at Princeton University.

Summary

Evaluates expert assessments used by governments for advice on the science, economics, and policy options available to confront large-scale environmental problems

Product details

• Authors: Keynyn Brysse, et al, Dale Jamieson, Jamieson Dale, Michael Oppenheimer, Michael Oreskes Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer Michael, Jessica O'Reilly, O'Reilly Jessica, Naomi Oreskes, Oreskes Naomi, Matthew Shindell, Milena Wazeck, Wazeck Milena
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9780226602011
• ISBN: 978-0-226-60201-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SCIENCE / History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, History of Science, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Science / Environmental Science, Environmental policy & protocols, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Environmental policy and protocols