Nature's Experts Science, Politics, and the Environment

By: Stephen Bocking

304 pages, no illustrations

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

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ISBN: 9780813533988 Paperback Sep 2004 Not in stock: Expected dispatch within 3-4 days
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Explores the contributions and challenges presented when scientific authority enters the realm of environmental affairs. Stephen Bocking focuses on four major areas of environmental politics: the formation of environmental values and attitudes, management of natural resources such as forests and fish, efforts to address international environmental issues such as climate change, and decisions relating to environmental and health risks. In each area, practical examples and case studies illustrate that science must fulfil two functions if it is to contribute to resolving environmental controversies. First, science must be relevant and credible, and second, it must be democratic, where everyone has access to the information they need to present and defend their views.

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By: Stephen Bocking

304 pages, no illustrations

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

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With clarity and grace, Stephen Bocking tackles the complicated question of the role of scientific expertise in environmental policy making. Nature's Experts is a timely and important book.-David H. Guston, author of Between Politics and Science: Assuring the Integrity and Productivity of Research"

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