The New Politics of Science

In The New Politics of Science, David Dickson points out that 'the scientific community has its own internal power structures, its elites, its hierarchies, its ideologies, its sanctioned norms of social behavior, and its dissenting groups. And the more that science, as a social practice, forms an integral part of the economic structures of the society in which it is embedded, the more the boundaries and differences between the two dissolve. Groups inside the scientific community-and vice versa-to achieve their own political ends.' In this edition, Dickson has included a new preface commenting on the continuing and increasing influence of industrial and defense interests on American scientific research in the 1980s.

About the author

David Dickson, former editor of" New Scientist," has also served as European correspondent for "Science" and Washington Correspondent for "Nature." He is the author of "The Politics of Alternative Technology," and many articles appearing in "The Economist, The Nation, Science for the People" and "Nature."

Product details

• Authors: Dickson, David Dickson, Dr. David Dickson
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.02.1993
• EAN: 9780226147635
• ISBN: 978-0-226-14763-5
• No. of pages: 411
• Dimensions: 15 mm x 23 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 624 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Anthropology, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Political science & theory, Impact of science & technology on society, Political science and theory, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies