Scientists and World Order : The Uses of Technical Knowledge in International Organizations / Ernst B. Haas, Don Babai, Mary Pat Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haas, Ernst B., Author.

Babai, Don, Author.

Williams, Mary Pat, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

PART I. Knowledge, Action, and World Order

Chapter 1. How Does International Science Relate to World Order?

Chapter 2. Knowledge and Action: Rationalism and its Assumptions

Chapter 3. Rationalism, Pragmatism, Skepticism: World Order Models

PART II. Attitudes and Experiences of Internationally Active Scientists

Chapter 4. The Complexity of Cognitive Patterns

Chapter 5. Science and Organizational Ideologies

PART III. The Evolution of International Science Programs

Chapter 6. Decision-Making and Institutional Attributes of World Order Models

Chapter 7. Science and Technology for Highly Industrialized Societies

Chapter 8. Science and Technology for Environmental Management

Chapter 9. Science and Technology for Economic Development

CONCLUSION

Chapter 10. Toward a Pragmatic World Order

Glossary of Acronyms

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780520321489

0520321480

OCLC:

1224278845