Integrating the Sciences and Society: Challenges, Practices, and PotentialsHarriet Hartman Even today, many people think of 'social problems' as involving poor and powerless individuals in society. "Research in Social Problems and Public Policy" seeks to improve the balance by adding a focus on important and powerful institutions. Such organizations often play key roles in managing, and mismanaging, the ways in which some of today's most important social problems are handled by the public policy system. The book series are compiled and written by the most highly regarded authors in their fields and are selected from across the globe. The papers discuss policy sciences, public policy analysis and public management. It addresses operations and design issues for government organizations. |
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... example , one course concept is the notion of a " black box " . This is the idea that a scientific technique or piece of equipment which may at one moment be open to doubt and controversy can later become so routinized that the ...
... example , one course concept is the notion of a " black box " . This is the idea that a scientific technique or piece of equipment which may at one moment be open to doubt and controversy can later become so routinized that the ...
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... examples closer to home . A good example is the concept of " tacit knowledge " . This is the notion that knowledge can be passed on without articulating it in short that people know more than they can tell about . To illustrate this ...
... examples closer to home . A good example is the concept of " tacit knowledge " . This is the notion that knowledge can be passed on without articulating it in short that people know more than they can tell about . To illustrate this ...
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... example , a finding that the scientific results were being affected by professional , political , or financial interests might have seemed a good deal less compelling , let alone original . Now that the initial points from the ...
... example , a finding that the scientific results were being affected by professional , political , or financial interests might have seemed a good deal less compelling , let alone original . Now that the initial points from the ...
Contents
THE IMPORTANCE | 3 |
COLLABORATION BETWEEN SCIENCE | 17 |
ENGINEERING ETHICS AND STS SUBCULTURES | 51 |
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