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Between understanding and trust : the public, science and technology / edited by Meinolf Dierkes and Claudia von Grote.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Australia : Harwood Academic, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Description: xv, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9058230074
  • 9789058230072
  • 0203988973
  • 9780203988978
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 303.483 21
LOC classification:
  • Q175.5 .B48 2000
Contents:
Part One. The Historical and Political Context of the Discussion Surrounding the Public Understanding of Science and Technology -- Part Two. Comparative Analysis: Results of and Reflections on Surveys as Methodological Instruments -- Part Three. Science and the Public-Revised Concepts -- Part Four. Informing the Public and Debating Science and Technology.
Summary: "Waves of new research findings, the dynamic emergence of new technologies, and growing perception of the risks entailed have drastically altered the way people in industrialized societies relate to technical development. The population at large, at least in the western world, has increasingly lost trust in institutions and scientific authority.There must be some way to restore people's faith in scientific authority. Between Understanding and Trust identifies and analyses the public understanding of science and technology, thus making an important contribution to achieving a new "trust.""--Publisher description.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 303.483 DIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A283418B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One. The Historical and Political Context of the Discussion Surrounding the Public Understanding of Science and Technology -- Part Two. Comparative Analysis: Results of and Reflections on Surveys as Methodological Instruments -- Part Three. Science and the Public-Revised Concepts -- Part Four. Informing the Public and Debating Science and Technology.

"Waves of new research findings, the dynamic emergence of new technologies, and growing perception of the risks entailed have drastically altered the way people in industrialized societies relate to technical development. The population at large, at least in the western world, has increasingly lost trust in institutions and scientific authority.There must be some way to restore people's faith in scientific authority. Between Understanding and Trust identifies and analyses the public understanding of science and technology, thus making an important contribution to achieving a new "trust.""--Publisher description.

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