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Informationen zum Autor Stephen Bocking is associate professor of environmental studies at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario. He is the author of Ecologists and Environmental Politics: A History of Contemporary Ecology, and editor of Biodiversity in Canada: Ecology, Ideas, and Action. Klappentext It seems self-evident that science plays a central role in environmental affairs. Regulatory agencies, businesses, and public interest groups all draw on scientific research to support their claims. However, some critics describe science not as the solution to environmental problems, but as their source. Moreover, the science itself is often a basis of controversy, as debates over global warming and environmental health risks have shown. Nature's Experts explores the contributions and challenges presented when scientific authority enters the realm of environmental affairs. Stephen Bocking focuses on four major areas of environmental politics: the formation of environmental values and attitudes, management of natural resources such as forests and fish, efforts to address international environmental issues such as climate change, and decisions relating to environmental and health risks. In each area, practical examples and case studies illustrate that science must fulfill two functions if it is to contribute to resolving environmental controversies. First, science must be relevant and credible, and second, it must be democratic, where everyone has equal access to the information they need to present and defend their views on given issues. Bridging perspectives from science studies, history, and environmental science, Nature's Experts not only illuminates the complex and increasingly problematic relationship between science and environmental politics, it offers guidance as to how this relationship can be improved. Zusammenfassung Some critics describe science not as the solution to environmental problems, but as their source. Science itself is often a basis of controversy, as debates over global warming and environmental health risks show. This book explores the contributions and challenges presented when scientific authority enters the realm of environmental affairs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part 1 Introduction 1 Encountering Science and Politics 2 The Uncertain Authority of Science Part 2 Science and Politics in Environmental Affairs 3 Science and Environmental Values 4 Science and Natural Resources Management 5 Science and the Global Environmental 6 Science in a Risky World Part 3 Seeking Effective and Democratic Science 7 Credible and Effective Science 8 Democratic Environmental Science 9 Achieving Effective and Democratic Science Notes References Index ...
