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1 online resource (141 pages) |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Bristol shorts research |
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Bristol shorts research.
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Summary |
This book examines remedies for improving public trust and the legitimacy of science. It reviews policy approaches adopted by governments to incentivise the empowerment of stakeholders, offering an original analysis of the political roots of the impact and public engagement agenda and shedding light on the wider connections to democracy. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1 -- Introduction: Science and Democracy A crisis of public trust in science Knowledge systems in a populist era Overview of the bookChapter 2 -- Public Engagement: Concept, Practice and Rhetoric Public engagement: a slippery concept ConclusionsChapter 3 -- The Entrepreneurial State The New Public Management A critique of New Public Management The case of the adoption of New Public Management in the 1990s in Italy Citizens' Charter of Education ConclusionsChapter 4 -- The Engaged State: Bringing Citizens In Citizen science Collaborative governance in the new millennium and citizens as co-producers The ecological citizen Youth public engagement with sustainability ConclusionsChapter 5 -- Working with Schools and the Case of Ecological Citizenship Education for sustainable development in Italy Adoption of mandatory civic education in schools Operational concerns from the street level Discussion and analysis ConclusionsChapter 6 -- Universities and Civic Engagement The 'old' universities and their social embeddedness The 'new' entrepreneurial university Higher education landscape reforms: the marketization agenda The 'engaged' university Public universities at a crossroads ConclusionsChapter 7 -- Rethinking the Public Scientist Citizen science Public engagement: the concept Public engagement: the contradictions Public engagement: the benign rhetoric. |
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Democracy and science.
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Science and state.
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Démocratie et sciences.
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Politique scientifique et technique.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Science & Technology Policy
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Democracy and science. (OCoLC)fst01199876
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Science and state. (OCoLC)fst01108536
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mattei, Paola Democratizing Science Bristol : Bristol University Press,c2023 9781529223958 |
| ISBN |
9781529223972 electronic book |
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1529223970 electronic book |
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1529223954 |
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9781529223958 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000075217443 |
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AU@ 000075193675 |
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