The honest broker : making sense of science in policy and politics / Roger A. Pielke, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pielke, Roger A., Jr., 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Research.

Research--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scientists have a choice concerning what role they should play in political debates and policy formation, particularly in terms of how they present their research. This book is about understanding this choice, what considerations are important to think about when deciding, and the consequences of such choices for the individual scientist and the broader scientific enterprise. Rather than prescribing what course of action each scientist ought to take, the book aims to identify a range of options for individual scientists to consider in making their own judgments about how they would like to position themselves in relation to policy and politics. Using examples from a range of scientific controversies and thought-provoking analogies from other walks of life, The Honest Broker challenges us all - scientists, politicians and citizens - to think carefully about how best science can contribute to policy-making and a healthy democracy.

Contents:

List of figures and tables

Acknowledgments

Four idealized roles of science in policy and politics

The big picture, science, and democracy

Science and decision-making

Values

Uncertainty

How science policy shapes science in policy and politics

Preemption and the decision to go to war in Iraq

When scientists politicize science

Making sense of science in policy and politics

Appendix: Applying the framework

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-182) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-38645-4

1-107-18112-7

1-280-85071-X

9786610850716

0-511-81811-4

0-511-27888-8

0-511-27948-5

0-511-27771-7

0-511-32203-8

0-511-27830-6

OCLC:

299752212