The Politics of Scientific Advice: Institutional Design for Quality Assurance
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Justus Lentsch (Contributor) Peter Weingart (Contributor)
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Controversies over issues such as genetically engineered food, foot-and-mouth disease and the failure of risk models in the global financial crisis have raised concerns about the quality of expert scientific advice. The legitimacy of experts, and of the political decision-makers and policy-makers whom they advise, essentially depends on the quality of the advice. But what does quality mean in this context, and how can it be achieved? This volume argues that the quality of scientific advice can be ensured by an appropriate institutional design of advisory organisations. Using examples from a wide range of international case studies, including think tanks, governmental research institutes, agencies and academies, the authors provide a systematic guide to the major problems and pitfalls encountered in scientific advice and the means by which organisations around the world have solved these problems. 7 Tables, black and white; 13 Line drawings, unspecified
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Justus Lentsch is Department Head of the doctoral programme at the Heinrich Boell Foundation, a green think tank and an international policy network. Peter Weingart is Director Emeritus of the Institute for Science and Technology Studies (IWT) and Professor Emeritus of Sociology (of Science) at Bielefeld University.
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- Contributor: Justus Lentsch
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9780521177153
- Number of Pages: 402
- Packaged Dimensions: 154x228x20mm
- Packaged Weight: 630
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 2011-06-02
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Justus Lentsch is Department Head of the doctoral programme at the Heinrich Boell Foundation, a green think tank and an international policy network. Peter Weingart is Director Emeritus of the Institute for Science and Technology Studies (IWT) and Professor Emeritus of Sociology (of Science) at Bielefeld University.
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