Science, Risk, and Policy
Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society; 32;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 20 April 2016
- ISBN 9781138189263
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages266 pages
- Size 229x152 mm
- Weight 498 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 18 Illustrations, black & white; 10 Halftones, black & white; 8 Line drawings, black & white; 9 Tables, black & white 0
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Short description:
This book addresses the divide among scientists and lay people, taking a social constructionist approach to foster discussion on how people evaluate evidence, how science is conducted, and how risk perception can bridge the gap between scientific experts and lay people to inform policy decisions. While the book is firmly located in the social sciences literature on risk, it also takes a multi-disciplinary approach by incorporating arguments made by physical and biological scientists.
MoreLong description:
For decades, experts and the public have been at odds over the nature and magnitude of risks and how they should be mitigated through policy. Experts argue that the fears of the public are irrational, and that public policy should be based on sound science. The public, on the other hand, is skeptical of experts, and believe policy should represent their interests. How do policy analysts make sense of these competing views?
Science, Risk and Policy answers this question by examining how people evaluate evidence, how science is conducted, and how a multi-disciplinary framework to risk can inform policy by bridging the gap between experts and the public. This framework is then applied to four case studies: pesticides, genetically engineered foods, climate change, and nuclear power. By tracing the history of the science, policies and regulations, and evaluating arguments made about these risks, Andrew J. Knight provides a guide to understand how experts and the public view risks.
MoreTable of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Systems of Evidence
3. Science in Practice
4. Risk
5. Pesticides
6. Genetic Engineering in Agriculture
7. Climate Change
8. Nuclear Power
9. The Intersection of Policy, Science and Risk
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