Research Catalog

Title

The fragile contract : university science and the federal government / edited by David H. Guston and Kenneth Keniston.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1994.

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Additional Authors

• Guston, David H.
• Keniston, Kenneth.

Description

xiv, 244 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Research > Government policy > United States
• Science and state > United States
• Universities and colleges > Research > United States
• Research institutes > United States
• Science Research Policies Of Government
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: the social contract for science -- Universities, the public, and the government: the state of the partnership -- On doing one's damnedest: the evolution of trust in scientific findings -- Integrity and accountability in research -- The public face of science: what can we learn from disputes? -- How large an R&D enterprise? -- Views from the benches: funding biomedical research and the physical sciences -- Financing science after the Cold War -- Indirect costs and the government-university partnership -- Research in U.S. universities in a technologically competitive world -- Conclusion: constructive responses to the changing social context of university-government relations.

Call Number

JSE 96-235

ISBN

• 0262071614
• 0262571072 (pbk.)

LCCN

94020567

OCLC

30624193

Title

The fragile contract : university science and the federal government / edited by David H. Guston and Kenneth Keniston.

Imprint

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1994.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Indexed Term

Science Research Policies Of Government

United States

Added Author

Guston, David H.

Keniston, Kenneth.

Research Call Number

JSE 96-235