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050 00 $aH97$b.S4 2002
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245 00 $aSearching for science policy /$cJonathan B. Imber, editor.
260 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. :$bTransaction Publishers,$c[2002], ©2002.
300 $axiv, 120 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $a"The chapters of this volume originated in a conference entitled 'The use and misuses of science in public discourse' held at Boston University on April 1 and 2, 2000"--Introd.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: What are the Uses and Misuses of Science? /$rJonathan B. Imber --$gPt. 1.$tPolicy Uses and Misuses of Science.$g1.$tHow to Make Millions: Promoting Bad Statistics /$rJoel Best.$g2.$tExposing Junk Science.com: The Case of the MIT "Study" on the Status of Women /$rJudith Kleinfeld.$g3.$tAmerican Distortion of Dutch Drug Statistics /$rRobert J. MacCoun.$g4.$tScience in A Civil Action /$rAllan Mazur --$gPt. 2.$tSearching for Science Policy.$g5.$tThe Use and Abuse of Science in Drug Abuse Control Policy /$rMark A. R. Kleiman.$g6.$tSocial Science Findings and the "Family Wars" /$rNorval Glenn.$g7.$tEnvironmental Cancer /$rStanley Rothman and S. Robert Lichter.$g8.$tJudicial Fictions: The Supreme Court's Quest for Good Science /$rSheila Jasanoff.
520 1 $a"The findings of scientific research often provide an important baseline to the formation of public policy. However, effective communication to the larger public about what scientists do and know is a problem inherent to all democratic societies. It is the prerogative of democratic societies to determine what kind of scientific research will be funded.
520 8 $aSearching for Science Policy offers innovative ways of thinking about how the rhetoric and practice of science operates in various institutional contexts."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aPolicy sciences$vCongresses.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109511
650 0 $aScience and state$vCongresses.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111281
650 0 $aSocial policy$vCongresses.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111282
700 1 $aImber, Jonathan B.,$d1952-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85223080
852 00 $bleh$hH97$i.S4 2002