Between Politics and Science: Assuring the Integrity and Productivity of Reseach

by David H. Guston

Book Overview

Combining political-economic, sociological, and historical approaches, Professor Guston provides a coherent new framework for analyzing the changing relationship between politics and science in the United States. After World War II, the social contract for science assumed that the integrity and productivity of research were automatic; a belief that endured for four decades. But in the 1980s, cases of misconduct in science and flagging economic performance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521030803
• ISBN13: 9780521030809
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"