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1. Science and Public Reason

   By Sheila Jasanoff

   Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series

   This collection of essays by Sheila Jasanoff 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 deploying principled arguments...

   Published June 25th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Social Dynamics of Carbon Capture and Storage

   Understanding CCS Representations, Governance and Innovation

   Edited by Nils Markusson, Simon Shackley, Benjamin Evar

   Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series

   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...

   Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
3. Dynamics of Disaster

   Lessons on Risk, Response and Recovery

   Edited by Rachel A. Dowty Beech, Barbara Allen

   Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series

   Disasters are the result of complex interactions between social and natural forces, acting at multiple scales from the individual and community to the organisational, national and international level. Effective disaster planning, response and recovery require an understanding of these interacting...

   Published April 27th 2011 by Routledge
4. Integrating Science and Policy

   Vulnerability and Resilience in Global Environmental Change

   By Roger E. Kasperson, Mimi Berberian

   Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series

   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...

   Published February 13th 2011 by Routledge
5. Rationality and Ritual

   Participation and Exclusion in Nuclear Decision-making, 2nd Edition

   By Brian Wynne

   Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series

   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&...

   Published December 7th 2010 by Routledge
6. The Limits to Scarcity

   Contesting the Politics of Allocation

   Edited by Lyla Mehta

   Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series

   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...

   Published December 6th 2010 by Routledge
7. Uncertainty in Policy Making

   Values and Evidence in Complex Decisions

   By Michael Heazle

   Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series

   Uncertainty in Policy Making explores how uncertainty is interpreted and used by policy makers, experts and politicians. It argues that conventional notions of rational, evidence-based policy making - hailed by governments and organisations across the world as the only way to make good policy - is...

   Published September 16th 2010 by Routledge
8. Animals as Biotechnology

   Ethics, Sustainability and Critical Animal Studies

   By Richard Twine

   Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series

   In Animals as Biotechnology sociologist Richard Twine places the question of human/animal relations at the heart of sustainability and climate change debates. The book is shaped by the emergence of two contradictory trends within our approach to nonhuman animals: the biotechnological turn in...

   Published August 24th 2010 by Routledge
9. Influenza and Public Health

   Learning from Past Pandemics

   Edited by Tamara Giles-Vernick, Susan Craddock, Jennifer Gunn

   Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series

   Major influenza pandemics pose a constant threat. As evidenced by recent H5N1 avian flu and novel H1N1, influenza outbreaks can come in close succession, yet differ in their transmission and impact. With accelerated levels of commercial and population mobility, new forms of flu virus can also...

   Published August 24th 2010 by Routledge
10. Business Planning for Turbulent Times

    New Methods for Applying Scenarios, 2nd Edition

    Edited by Rafael Ramirez, John W. Selsky, Kees van der Heijden

    Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series

    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...

    Published April 1st 2010 by Routledge