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Science and public policy : the virtuous corruption of virtual environmental science / Aynsley Kellow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kellow, Aynsley J. (Aynsley John), 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy.
- Precautionary principle.
- Science and state.
- Corruption.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Argues that the virtual nature of much environmental science and the application of non-science principles such as the precautionary principle facilitate the virtuous corruption of environmental science. This book illustrates that the problem is widespread than this area alone would suggest and is common in the important field of climate science.
- Contents:
- The political ecology of Pseudonovibos spiralis and the virtuous corruption of virtual science
- The political ecology of conservation biology
- Climate science as 'post-normal' science
- Defending the litany : the attack on The skeptical environmentalist
- Sound science and political science
- Science and its social and political context.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-208) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-22067-9
- 9786613220677
- 1-84720-876-2
- OCLC:
- 476118182
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