| Description |
1 online resource (x, 298 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-287) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Introduction -- Encountering science and politics -- Uncertain authority of science -- Part II. Science and politics in environmental affairs -- Science and environmental values -- Science and natural resources management -- Science and the global environment -- Science in a risky world -- Part III. Seeking effective and democratic science -- Credible and effective science -- Democratic environmental science -- Achieving effective and democratic science. |
| Summary |
"With clarity and grace, Stephen Bocking tackles the complicated question of the role of scientific expertise in environmental policy making. Nature & rsquo;s Experts is a timely and important book." & mdash;David H. Guston, author of Between Politics and Science: Assuring the Integrity and Productivity of Research "This book by Stephen Bocking is as much about deliberative democracy as it is about science and the environment. Stephen Bocking & rsquo;s treatment is deep, perceptive, and profoundly wise. He has caught the heart of present and future environmental science, poli. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Environmental policy.
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Environmental policy. |
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Environmental sciences.
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Environmental sciences. |
| Indexed Term |
Samfundsvidenskab Økonomi. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bocking, Stephen, 1959- Nature's experts. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2004 081353397X 0813533988 (DLC) 2004003815 (OCoLC)54529175 |
| ISBN |
0813537126 (electronic book) |
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9780813537122 (electronic book) |
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081353397X (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780813533971 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0813533988 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780813533988 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780813557663 (electronic book) |
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0813557666 (electronic book) |
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