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Author Resnik, David B

Title Playing politics with science : balancing scientific independence and government oversight / David B. Resnik
Published New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (240 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Philosophical foundations -- The autonomy of science -- Government science advice -- Government funding of science -- Science and national security -- Protecting human subjects in research -- Science education -- Conclusion
Summary "In Playing Politics with Science, David B. Resnik explores the philosophical, political, and ethical issues related to the politicization of science and develops a conceptual framework for thinking about government restrictions on scientific practice."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Science -- Political aspects
Research -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Science and state.
SCIENCE -- History.
Research -- Moral and ethical aspects
Science and state
Science -- Political aspects
Physical Sciences & Mathematics.
Sciences - General.
Form Electronic book
Author Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780195375893
0195375890
9780199704682
0199704686