Toxic Mix? A Handbook of Science and Politics Contributor(s): Foerstel, Herbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313362343 ISBN-13: 9780313362347 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $95.04 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | History - History | United States - 20th Century - History | United States - 21st Century |
Dewey: 338.973 |
LCCN: 2009041623 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 7.2" W x 10" (1.55 lbs) 264 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Toxic Mix?: A Handbook of Science and Politics takes a topic very much in the center of public debate in the last decade and places it in a revealing historical context. It follows the often contentious relationship of science and politics from the FDR era to the current Obama administration, highlighting the many highly charged moments when the two were in conflict. Toxic Mix? ranges across the major areas of scientific inquiry with public policy implications, including atomic energy, space science, public health, stem cells, sexual reproduction, environmental science, global warming, and evolution, to examine important events where political imperatives and scientific research were at odds. In addition, the book looks at another important area where politics and science are at cross purposes; immigration--as many of our most accomplished degree earners are foreign born and are unable to stay and work in the United States. A final chapter analyzes the attempts by the early Obama administration to build public policy that embraces science rather than manipulates it. |