Powerless Science? Science and Politics in a Toxic World: 2 (Environment in History: International Perspectives, 2) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1785331981 ISBN 13: 9781785331985

Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2016

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"Each chapter is written by an authority on the topic and contains primary bibliographic sources. Overall, the scientific content is accurate and free of obvious partiality." Choice"The editors did a heroic job of assembling and connecting a group of articles from contributors active in interdisciplinary research and studies. They span multiple disciplines (sociology, history, philosophy, economics, and political science), assorted methodologies, different time frames, venues, and geographies... In summary, the absence of knowledge has powerfully shaped the history and social organization of our toxic world. And for this reason, Powerless Science? merits reading and reflective rereading." International Social Science Review

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In spite of decades of research on toxicants, along with the growing role of scientific expertise in public policy and the unprecedented rise in the number of national and international institutions dealing with environmental health issues, problems surrounding contaminants and their effects on health have never appeared so important, sometimes to the point of appearing insurmountable. This calls for a reconsideration of the roles of scientific knowledge and expertise in the definition and management of toxic issues, which this book seeks to do. It looks at complex historical, social, and political dynamics, made up of public controversies, environmental and health crises, economic interests, and political responses, and demonstrates how and to what extent scientific knowledge about toxicants has been caught between scientific, economic, and political imperatives.

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• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1785331981
• ISBN 13: 9781785331985
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 292
• Herausgeber: Boudia Soraya, Jas Nathalie