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The Politics of expert advice : creating, using and manipulating scientific knowledge for public policy

Title: The Politics of expert advice : creating, using and manipulating scientific knowledge for public policy / edited by Anthony Barker and B. Guy Peters.
Publication: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburg Press, 1993.

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x, 129 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

All fields of public policy in all political systems require expert scientific or technical advice. This is the first study of how scientific knowledge and opinion (and sometimes speculation) are transmitted to government authorities for use in public policy-making. It discusses the formal and informal processes of scientific advice-giving, and applies these to case studies taken from all over Europe.
These include: a description of the Italian Government's reaction to the effects of Chernobyl and the role played by radiation experts; official scientific advice on Swiss nuclear power; the Black report on Sellafield and leukaemia in children, as well as policy on nuclear safety in Britain; and advice given to the French and other governments on the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility.
It traces the growth of public awareness of scientific issues in government, concluding that the politics of expert advice will become even more sophisticated in the future.

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Pitt series in policy and institutional studies

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Pitt series in policy and institutional studies.

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Contents

1. Introduction: Science Policy and Government / Anthony Barker and B. Guy Peters -- 2. Sources of Technological Controversy: Proximity To or Alienation From Technology? / Wolfgang Rudig -- 3. Chernobyl Comes to Italy: The Reciprocal Relationships of Radiation Experts, Government Policies and the Mass Media / Angela Liberatore -- 4. 'Expert' and 'Political' Elements in Official Scientific Advice on Swiss Nuclear Power / Christine Mironesco -- 5. Controversy and Authority in British Official Scientific Advice on Radiation: The Black Report on Sellafield and Children's Leukaemias / Sally Macgill -- 6. Advice, Legitimacy and Nuclear Safety in Britain / Michael Saward -- 7. The State as a Blind Investor in Fundamental Research: Advice to the French and Other Governments on the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility / Jean Tournon -- 8. Conclusion: Science, Public Policy and the Authoritativeness of the Governmental Process / Richard Topf.
Note on Advising West European Governments: Inquiries, Expertise and Public Policy.

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92064446

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Columbia University Libraries