Strategic Science in the Public Interest /

Strategic Science in the Public Interest / / G. Bruce Doern, Jeff Kinder.

The past twenty years have seen considerable shifts and struggles in 'government science' - that is, in the way the state funds, supports, regulates, conducts and uses scientific and technological activity. Focusing on federal labs and agencies, Strategic Science in the Public Interest exp...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Doern, G. Bruce,
Kinder, Jeff,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2007
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Historical Context and Analytical Framework
  • 1. Government S&T Labs and Agencies as Institutions: Towards Middle-Level Approaches
  • 2. Analytical Approach
  • Part Two: Case Studies of R&D-Focused Labs and RSA-Focused Agencies
  • 3. The CANMET Mining and Mineral Sciences Laboratories and Canada's Transformed Mining Sector
  • 4. The CANMET Energy Technology Centre-Devon and the Alberta Oil Sands
  • 5. The Environmental Technology Centre and Environmental Protection
  • 6. The National Wildlife Research Centre and Frontline Sustainable Development
  • 7. Related Science Activities in the Regulatory and Monitoring Process
  • 8. Conclusions
  • Appendix: Canadian and Comparative Science and Technology Data
  • References
  • Index

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