The Earthscan Science in Society Series
About the Book Series
The Earthscan Science in Society Series aims to publish new high quality research, teaching, practical and policy- related books on topics that address the complex and vitally important interface between science and society.
Resolving Messy Policy Problems: Handling Conflict in Environmental, Transport, Health and Ageing Policy
1st Edition
By Steven Ney
December 11, 2013
Our lives increasingly take place in ever more complex and interconnected networks that blur the boundaries we have traditionally used to define our social and political spaces. Accordingly, the policy problems that governments are called upon to deal with have become less clear-cut and far messier...
Science and Public Reason
1st Edition
By Sheila Jasanoff
September 20, 2013
This essay collection explores how democratic governments construct public reason—that is, the forms of evidence and argument used in making state decisions accountable to citizens. The term public reason as used here is not simply a matter of constructing principled arguments that respect ...
The Social Dynamics of Carbon Capture and Storage: Understanding CCS Representations, Governance and Innovation
1st Edition
Edited
By Nils Markusson, Simon Shackley, Benjamin Evar
June 08, 2012
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has emerged rapidly as a crucial technological option for decarbonising electricity supply and mitigating climate change. Great hopes are being pinned on this new technology but it is also facing growing scepticism and criticism. This book is the first to bring ...
Integrating Science and Policy: Vulnerability and Resilience in Global Environmental Change
1st Edition
By Roger E. Kasperson, Mimi Berberian
February 14, 2011
As progress towards a greater knowledge in sustainability science continues, the question of how better to integrate scientific progress with actual decisions made by practitioners remains paramount. This book aims to help close the gap between science and practice. Based on a two year ...
Rationality and Ritual: Participation and Exclusion in Nuclear Decision-making
2nd Edition
By Brian Wynne
December 08, 2010
In Rationality and Ritual, internationally renowned expert Brian Wynne offers a profound analysis of science and technology policymaking. By focusing on an episode of major importance in Britain's nuclear history – the Windscale Inquiry, a public hearing about the future of fuel reprocessing&...
The Limits to Scarcity: Contesting the Politics of Allocation
1st Edition
Edited
By Lyla Mehta
December 07, 2010
Scarcity is considered a ubiquitous feature of the human condition. It underpins much of modern economics and is widely used as an explanation for social organisation, social conflict and the resource crunch confronting humanity's survival on the planet. It is made out to be an all-pervasive fact ...
Business Planning for Turbulent Times: New Methods for Applying Scenarios
2nd Edition
Edited
By Rafael Ramirez, John W. Selsky, Kees van der Heijden
April 02, 2010
The world is increasingly turbulent and complex, awash with disruptions, tipping points and knock-on effects exemplified by the implosion of financial markets and economies around the globe. This book is for business and organizational leaders who want and need to think through how best to deal ...
Debating Climate Change: Pathways through Argument to Agreement
1st Edition
By Elizabeth L. Malone
October 23, 2009
As greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated and contentious voices fill the air, the question gains urgency: How can people with widely varying viewpoints agree to address climate change? Each participant in the debate seems to have a different agenda, from protecting economic growth in ...
Nanotechnology: Risk, Ethics and Law
1st Edition
Edited
By Geoffrey Hunt, Michael Mehta
May 01, 2008
Nanotechnology - technology at the molecular level - is held out by many as the Holy Grail for creating a trillion dollar economy and solving problems from curing cancer to reprocessing waste into products and building superfast computers. Yet, as with GMOs, many view nanotech as a high risk genie ...
Genomics and Society: Legal, Ethical and Social Dimensions
1st Edition
Edited
By George Gaskell, Martin W. Bauer
October 04, 2007
From the mid 1990s to the present day, agricultural biotechnology - GM crops and foods - has been the focus of debate and conflict in many European countries. Contrasting views of risks and benefits, trust in science and regulation, the understanding of science, media coverage and mobilization of ...