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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b3685535.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-175) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "pt. I. The Setting. Ch. 1. Prologue: Regulation in General. Ch. 2. Policy Formulation at the Intersection of Law, Science, and Technology. Ch. 3. Implications for the Real World -- pt. II. Collisions and Implications for Societal Scientific Illiteracy. Ch. 4. Revolution in Pharmaceutical Innovation and Evolving Policy. Ch. 5. Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Pharmaceutical Innovation: Implications of Delays in FDA Approval of New Drugs. Ch. 6. Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Pharmaceutical Innovation: The Quandary Goes On. Ch. 7. Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Products of Recombinant DNA: Science and Technologies. Ch. 8. Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Products of Recombinant DNA: The Intersection with Policy and Law -- pt. III. At the Intersection: Disenfranchisement and Prospects for Reenfranchisement. Ch. 9. At the Intersection: Merger or Collision? Ch. 10. Can We Reenfranchise Society for the Intersection? -- Epilogue: "Future History."".
- catalog extent "xvi, 181 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Scientific literacy and environmental policy.".
- catalog identifier "0899306160 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Scientific literacy and environmental policy.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Quorum Books,".
- catalog relation "Scientific literacy and environmental policy.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "363.7/058/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Environmental policy United States Citizen participation.".
- catalog subject "Environmental policy United States Decision making.".
- catalog subject "HC110.E5 H688 1992".
- catalog subject "New products United States.".
- catalog subject "Science Study and teaching United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. The Setting. Ch. 1. Prologue: Regulation in General. Ch. 2. Policy Formulation at the Intersection of Law, Science, and Technology. Ch. 3. Implications for the Real World -- pt. II. Collisions and Implications for Societal Scientific Illiteracy. Ch. 4. Revolution in Pharmaceutical Innovation and Evolving Policy. Ch. 5. Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Pharmaceutical Innovation: Implications of Delays in FDA Approval of New Drugs. Ch. 6. Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Pharmaceutical Innovation: The Quandary Goes On. Ch. 7. Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Products of Recombinant DNA: Science and Technologies. Ch. 8. Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Products of Recombinant DNA: The Intersection with Policy and Law -- pt. III. At the Intersection: Disenfranchisement and Prospects for Reenfranchisement. Ch. 9. At the Intersection: Merger or Collision? Ch. 10. Can We Reenfranchise Society for the Intersection? -- Epilogue: "Future History."".
- catalog title "Scientific literacy and environmental policy : the missing prerequisite for sound decision making / Dorothy J. Howell.".
- catalog type "text".