Nature's Experts : : Science, Politics, and the Environment / / Stephen Bocking.

"With clarity and grace, Stephen Bocking tackles the complicated question of the role of scientific expertise in environmental policy making. Nature’s Experts is a timely and important book."—David H. Guston, author of Between Politics and Science: Assuring the Integrity and Productivity o...

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Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2004]
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Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • PART I. Introduction
  • 1 Encountering Science and Politics
  • 2 The Uncertain Authority of Science
  • PART II. Science and Politics in Environmental Affairs
  • 3 Science and Environmental Values
  • 4 Science and Natural Resources Management
  • 5 Science and the Global Environment
  • 6 Science in a Risky World
  • PART III. Seeking Effective and Democratic Science
  • 7 Credible and Effective Science
  • 8 Democratic Environmental Science
  • 9 Achieving Effective and Democratic Science
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR