A Pre-view of Policy Sciences
Title | A Pre-view of Policy Sciences PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Dwight Lasswell |
Publisher | Elsevier Publishing Company |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Political Science |
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Book Review of A Pre-view of Policy Sciences, Harold D. Lasswell (New York: Elsevier, 1971), 173 Pp., for Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Title | Book Review of A Pre-view of Policy Sciences, Harold D. Lasswell (New York: Elsevier, 1971), 173 Pp., for Technological Forecasting and Social Change PDF eBook |
Author | Garry D. Brewer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 3 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Policy sciences |
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Book Review of a Pre-View of Policy Sciences, Harold D. Lasswell (New York
Title | Book Review of a Pre-View of Policy Sciences, Harold D. Lasswell (New York PDF eBook |
Author | Rand Corporation |
Publisher | |
Pages | 5 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | |
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The Policy Sciences
Title | The Policy Sciences PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Lerner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Social sciences |
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Book Review of "A Pre-view of Policy Sciences", Harold D. Lasswell ... for "Technological Forecasting and Social Change"
Title | Book Review of "A Pre-view of Policy Sciences", Harold D. Lasswell ... for "Technological Forecasting and Social Change" PDF eBook |
Author | Garry Brewer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 3 |
Release | 1972 |
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Science, Policy, and the Value-Free Ideal
Title | Science, Policy, and the Value-Free Ideal PDF eBook |
Author | Heather E. Douglas |
Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Pre |
Pages | 227 |
Release | 2009-07-15 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 082297357X |
The role of science in policymaking has gained unprecedented stature in the United States, raising questions about the place of science and scientific expertise in the democratic process. Some scientists have been given considerable epistemic authority in shaping policy on issues of great moral and cultural significance, and the politicizing of these issues has become highly contentious. Since World War II, most philosophers of science have purported the concept that science should be "value-free." In Science, Policy and the Value-Free Ideal, Heather E. Douglas argues that such an ideal is neither adequate nor desirable for science. She contends that the moral responsibilities of scientists require the consideration of values even at the heart of science. She lobbies for a new ideal in which values serve an essential function throughout scientific inquiry, but where the role values play is constrained at key points, thus protecting the integrity and objectivity of science. In this vein, Douglas outlines a system for the application of values to guide scientists through points of uncertainty fraught with moral valence.Following a philosophical analysis of the historical background of science advising and the value-free ideal, Douglas defines how values should-and should not-function in science. She discusses the distinctive direct and indirect roles for values in reasoning, and outlines seven senses of objectivity, showing how each can be employed to determine the reliability of scientific claims. Douglas then uses these philosophical insights to clarify the distinction between junk science and sound science to be used in policymaking. In conclusion, she calls for greater openness on the values utilized in policymaking, and more public participation in the policymaking process, by suggesting various models for effective use of both the public and experts in key risk assessments.
Design for Policy Sciences
Title | Design for Policy Sciences PDF eBook |
Author | Yehezkel Dror |
Publisher | New York : American Elsevier Publishing Company |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Political Science |
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Textbook on an interdisciplinary research and systems analysis approach to government policy formulation and decision making - examines the inadequacy of contemporary behavioural sciences and scientific management, the need for a fusion between pure and applied research, etc., and concludes that the advancement of policy sciences is necessary even for handling the routine problems of everyday policymaking. Bibliography pp. 143 to 149.