Scientific Literacy and Environmental Policy - Dorothy J. Howell

Scientific Literacy and Environmental Policy

The Missing Prerequisite for Sound Decision Making
Buch | Hardcover
200 Seiten
1992
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-89930-616-2 (ISBN)
68,55 inkl. MwSt
National institutions involved in environmental policy planning respond more to the accommodation of special interests, whether vested, parochial, or societal, than to the realities of technological advances. This situation, combined with the added problem of widespread scientific illiteracy, makes the formulation of effective environmental policy a very difficult task to accomplish.



Our politico-legal system and relationships among science, scientists, and society are explored here with specific attention to issues arising from pharmaceutical innovation and biotechnology. The identification of the resultant dilemmas reveal disenfranchisement and point to possible means of reform. Howell focuses on the need for multilateral responsibility for communication to improve the accommodation of science in policy. A truly multidisciplinary study, this book is for environmental planners as well as the interested public.

DOROTHY J. HOWELL is Adjunct Professor at the Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law School and a participant in environmental programs since 1969. She teaches a seminar in the multidisciplinary aspects of environmental planning, as well as courses in environmental sciences and toxics law.

Introduction The Setting Prologue: Regulation in General Policy Formulation at the Intersection of Law, Science and Technology Implications for the Real World Collisions and Implications for Societal Scientific Literacy Revolution in Pharmaceutical Innovation and Evolving Policy Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Pharmaceutical Innovation: Implications of Delays in FDA Approval of New Drugs Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Pharmaceutical Innovation: The Quandary Goes On Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Products of Recombinant DNA: Science and Technologies Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Products of Recombinant DNA: The Intersection with Policy and Law At the Intersection: Disenfranchisement and Reenfranchisement At the Intersection: Merge, or Collision? Can We Reenfranchise Society for the Intersection? Epilogue: "Future History" Selected Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 6.4.1992
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 0-89930-616-0 / 0899306160
ISBN-13 978-0-89930-616-2 / 9780899306162
Zustand Neuware
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