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68 produkter
Climate Adaptation Policy and Evidence
Understanding the Tensions between Politics and Expertise in Public Policy
Häftad, 2019
750 kr
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Evidence-based policymaking is often promoted within liberal democracies as the best means for government to balance political values with technical considerations. Under the evidence-based mandate, both experts and non-experts often assume that policy problems are sufficiently tractable and that …
Systems Thinking for Geoengineering Policy
How to reduce the threat of dangerous climate change by embracing uncertainty and failure
Av Robert Chris
Häftad, 2019
852 kr
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Even by the scientists most closely associated with it, geoengineering – the deliberate intervention in the climate at global scale to mitigate the effects of climate change – is perceived to be risky. For all its potential benefits, there are robust differences of opinion over the wisdom of such …
Policy Legitimacy, Science and Political Authority
Knowledge and action in liberal democracies
Häftad, 2019
852 kr
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Voters expect their elected representatives to pursue good policy and presume this will be securely founded on the best available knowledge. Yet when representatives emphasize their reliance on expert knowledge, they seem to defer to people whose authority derives, not politically from the …
Institutional Capacity for Climate Change Response
A New Approach to Climate Politics
Av Theresa Scavenius, Steve Rayner
Häftad, 2019
604 kr
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In a period of rapid climate change and climate governance failures, it is crucial to understand and address how effectively different political institutions can and should react to climate change. The term 'institutional response capacity' can be defined as a measurement for how effective …
Philanthropy and the Future of Science and Technology
Häftad, 2022
692 kr
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An increasingly important and often overlooked issue in science and technology policy is recognizing the role that philanthropies play in setting the direction of research. In an era where public and private resources for science are strained, the practices that foundations adopt to advance basic …
Science and Public Reason
Inbunden, 2012
2513 kr
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This collection of essays by Sheila Jasanoff explores how democratic governments construct public reason, that is, the forms of evidence and argument used in making state decisions accountable to citizens. The term public reason as used here is not simply a matter of deploying principled arguments …
Science and Public Reason
Häftad, 2013
910 kr
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This essay collection explores how democratic governments construct public reason—that is, the forms of evidence and argument used in making state decisions accountable to citizens. The term public reason as used here is not simply a matter of constructing principled arguments that respect the …
Reconstructing Sustainability Science
Knowledge and action for a sustainable future
Inbunden, 2014
2513 kr
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The growing urgency, complexity and "wickedness" of sustainability problems—from climate change and biodiversity loss to ecosystem degradation and persistent poverty and inequality—present fundamental challenges to scientific knowledge production and its use. While there is little doubt that …
Reconstructing Sustainability Science
Knowledge and action for a sustainable future
Häftad, 2014
852 kr
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The growing urgency, complexity and "wickedness" of sustainability problems—from climate change and biodiversity loss to ecosystem degradation and persistent poverty and inequality—present fundamental challenges to scientific knowledge production and its use. While there is little doubt that …
Hartwell Approach to Climate Policy
Inbunden, 2014
3067 kr
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The Hartwell Approach to Climate Policy presents a powerful critique of mainstream climate change policies and details a set of pragmatic alternatives based on the Hartwell Group’s collective writings from 1988-2010. Drawing on a rich history of heterodox but increasingly accepted views on climate …
Hartwell Approach to Climate Policy
Häftad, 2014
925 kr
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The Hartwell Approach to Climate Policy presents a powerful critique of mainstream climate change policies and details a set of pragmatic alternatives based on the Hartwell Group’s collective writings from 1988-2010. Drawing on a rich history of heterodox but increasingly accepted views on climate …
Experiment Earth
Responsible innovation in geoengineering
Av Jack Stilgoe
Inbunden, 2015
2513 kr
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Experiments in geoengineering – intentionally manipulating the Earth’s climate to reduce global warming – have become the focus of a vital debate about responsible science and innovation. Drawing on three years of sociological research working with scientists on one of the world’s first major …
Marginalized Reproduction
Ethnicity, Infertility and Reproductive Technologies
Av Lorraine Culley, Nicky Hudson m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
937 kr
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Worldwide, over 75 million people are involuntarily childless, a devastating experience for many with significant consequences for the social and psychological well-being of women in particular. Despite greater levels of infertility and strong cultural meanings attached to having children, little …
Resolving Messy Policy Problems
Handling Conflict in Environmental, Transport, Health and Ageing Policy
Av Steven Ney
Häftad, 2013
823 kr
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Our lives increasingly take place in ever more complex and interconnected networks that blur the boundaries we have traditionally used to define our social and political spaces. Accordingly, the policy problems that governments are called upon to deal with have become less clear-cut and far …
Assessing the Societal Implications of Emerging Technologies
Anticipatory governance in practice
Häftad, 2017
823 kr
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A growing problem of interest in the field of science and technology policy is that the next generation of innovations is arriving at an accelerating rate, and the governance system is struggling to catch up. Current approaches and institutions for effective technology assessment are ill suited and …
Dynamics of Disaster
Lessons on Risk, Response and Recovery
Av Barbara Allen, Rachel A. Dowty Beech
Häftad, 2024
606 kr
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Disasters are the result of complex interactions between social and natural forces, acting at multiple scales from the individual and community to the organisational, national and international level. Effective disaster planning, response and recovery require an understanding of these interacting …
Unnatural Selection
The Challenges of Engineering Tomorrow's People
Häftad, 2014
211 kr
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With ever-advancing scientific understanding and technological capabilities, humanity stands on the brink of the potential next stage of evolution: evolution engineered by us. Nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science offer the possibility to enhance human …
Web of Prevention
Biological Weapons, Life Sciences and the Governance of Research
Av Brian Rappert, Caitriona McLeish
Häftad, 2014
692 kr
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Web of Prevention provides a timely contribution to the current debate about life science research and its implications for security. It is an informative guide for both experts and the public. It is a forward-looking contribution covering both ends of the equation and creates momentum for the …
Joint Fact-Finding in Urban Planning and Environmental Disputes
Av Masahiro Matsuura, Todd Schenk
Inbunden, 2016
2519 kr
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The days of rationalist scientific management and deference to official data are behind us. The credibility of experts and the information they provide are regularly challenged; officials are routinely provided with conflicting sets of facts as they plan and make decisions; and decision makers and …
Joint Fact-Finding in Urban Planning and Environmental Disputes
Av Masahiro Matsuura, Todd Schenk
Häftad, 2016
752 kr
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The days of rationalist scientific management and deference to official data are behind us. The credibility of experts and the information they provide are regularly challenged; officials are routinely provided with conflicting sets of facts as they plan and make decisions; and decision makers and …
Institutional Capacity for Climate Change Response
A New Approach to Climate Politics
Av Theresa Scavenius, Steve Rayner
Inbunden, 2017
2519 kr
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In a period of rapid climate change and climate governance failures, it is crucial to understand and address how effectively different political institutions can and should react to climate change. The term 'institutional response capacity' can be defined as a measurement for how effective …
Assessing the Societal Implications of Emerging Technologies
Anticipatory governance in practice
Inbunden, 2016
2752 kr
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A growing problem of interest in the field of science and technology policy is that the next generation of innovations is arriving at an accelerating rate, and the governance system is struggling to catch up. Current approaches and institutions for effective technology assessment are ill suited and …
Rethinking Greenland and the Arctic in the Era of Climate Change
New Northern Horizons
Häftad, 2016
766 kr
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This ground-breaking book investigates how Arctic indigenous communities deal with the challenges of climate change and how they strive to develop self-determination. Adopting an anthropological focus on Greenland’s vision to boost extractive industries and transform society, the book examines how …
Climate Adaptation Policy and Evidence
Understanding the Tensions between Politics and Expertise in Public Policy
Inbunden, 2017
2519 kr
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Evidence-based policymaking is often promoted within liberal democracies as the best means for government to balance political values with technical considerations. Under the evidence-based mandate, both experts and non-experts often assume that policy problems are sufficiently tractable and that …
Philanthropy and the Future of Science and Technology
Inbunden, 2020
2519 kr
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An increasingly important and often overlooked issue in science and technology policy is recognizing the role that philanthropies play in setting the direction of research. In an era where public and private resources for science are strained, the practices that foundations adopt to advance basic …
International Science and Technology Education
Exploring Culture, Economy and Social Perceptions
Av Ortwin Renn, Nicole Karafyllis m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
801 kr
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Education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is crucial for taking advantage of the prospects of new scientific discoveries initiating or promoting technological changes, and managing opportunities and risks associated with innovations. This book explores the emerging …
Aid, Technology and Development
The Lessons from Nepal
Av Dipak Gyawali, Michael Thompson m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
774 kr
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Over the last 50 years, Nepal has been considered an experiential model in determining the effectiveness and success of global human development strategies, both in theory and in practice. As such, it provides a rich array of in-depth case studies in both development success and failure. This …
Aid, Technology and Development
The Lessons from Nepal
Av Dipak Gyawali, Michael Thompson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
2594 kr
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Over the last 50 years, Nepal has been considered an experiential model in determining the effectiveness and success of global human development strategies, both in theory and in practice. As such, it provides a rich array of in-depth case studies in both development success and failure. This …
Experiment Earth
Responsible innovation in geoengineering
Av Jack Stilgoe
Häftad, 2016
752 kr
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Experiments in geoengineering – intentionally manipulating the Earth’s climate to reduce global warming – have become the focus of a vital debate about responsible science and innovation. Drawing on three years of sociological research working with scientists on one of the world’s first major …
Cities and the Knowledge Economy
Promise, Politics and Possibilities
Av Tim May, Beth Perry
Inbunden, 2017
2519 kr
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Cities and the Knowledge Economy is an in-depth, interdisciplinary, international and comparative examination of the relationship between knowledge and urban development in the contemporary era. Through the lenses of promise, politics and possibility, it examines how the knowledge economy has …
