Science and Politics
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Science and Politics

An A-to-Z Guide to Issues and Controversies

  1. 632 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Science and Politics

An A-to-Z Guide to Issues and Controversies

About this book

Recent partisan squabbles over science in the news are indicative of a larger tendency for scientific research and practice to get entangled in major ideological divisions in the public arena. This politicization of science is deepened by the key role government funding plays in scientific research and development, the market leading position of U.S.-based science and technology firms, and controversial U.S. exports (such as genetically modified foods or hormone-injected livestock).

This groundbreaking, one-volume, A-to-Z reference features 120-150 entries that explore the nexus of politics and science, both in the United States and in U.S. interactions with other nations. The essays, each by experts in their fields, examine:

  • Health, environmental, and social/cultural issues relating to science and politics
  • Concerns relating to government regulation and its impact on the practice of science
  • Key historical and contemporary events that have shaped our contemporary view of how science and politics intersect

 
Science and Politics: An A to Z Guide to Issues and Controversies is a must-have resource for researchers and students who seek to deepen their understanding of the connection between science and politics.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. About the Editor
  7. Contributors
  8. Introduction
  9. A
  10. Abortion
  11. Acid Rain
  12. Affordable Care Act
  13. African Americans in STEM Fields
  14. Alternative Medicine
  15. Animals in Scientific Research
  16. Anthrax Attacks
  17. Antibiotics and Livestock
  18. Arpanet
  19. Asthma
  20. Autism
  21. B
  22. Bell Curve, The
  23. Big Science
  24. Biological and Chemical Weapons
  25. Birth Control
  26. BP Oil Spill
  27. C
  28. Cancer
  29. Carnivore Management
  30. Censorship of Science
  31. Chemical Sensitivity
  32. Chemical Weapons
  33. Climate Change
  34. Cloning
  35. Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  36. Corporate Science
  37. Creationism
  38. Cyberwar and Espionage
  39. D
  40. Dams
  41. DDT
  42. Deforestation and Forest Degradation
  43. Democracy and Technology
  44. Desertification
  45. Dissent in Science
  46. Drug Labeling
  47. Drug Trials
  48. E
  49. Earth Day
  50. Education, Science
  51. Educational Certification
  52. Endangered Species Protection
  53. Environmental Justice
  54. Environmental Regulation
  55. Ethanol
  56. Euthanasia
  57. Evolution
  58. F
  59. Family Planning and Government
  60. Federal Regulatory Structures
  61. Fertility Treatments
  62. Fluoridation
  63. Food Labeling
  64. Food Safety
  65. Fracking
  66. Funding, Public
  67. G
  68. Gender Discrimination in Science
  69. Genetic Testing
  70. Genetically Modified Organisms
  71. Global Warming
  72. Government Science Advisors
  73. Green Revolution
  74. H
  75. H1N1 Pandemic
  76. Health Care Reform
  77. Health Care Regulations
  78. HIV/AIDS
  79. HPV Vaccine
  80. Hubble Telescope
  81. Human Genome Project
  82. Hurricane Katrina
  83. Hydraulic Fracturing
  84. I
  85. Infertility Treatments
  86. Influenza
  87. Intellectual Property
  88. Intelligence Measurement
  89. International Space Station
  90. K
  91. Keystone XL Pipeline
  92. M
  93. Mad Cow Disease
  94. Malaria
  95. Manhattan Project
  96. Medical Marijuana
  97. Military-Industrial Complex
  98. Missile Defense
  99. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
  100. N
  101. Northern Spotted Owl
  102. Nuclear Energy
  103. Nuclear Power Plant Accidents
  104. Nuclear Waste
  105. Nuclear Weapons
  106. O
  107. Obesity
  108. Oil and Gas Drilling
  109. Online Piracy
  110. Organ Donation
  111. Organic Food
  112. P
  113. Patents
  114. PCBs
  115. Pharmaceutical Drug Disposal
  116. Polio
  117. Pollution
  118. Population Growth
  119. R
  120. Recycling
  121. Renewable Energy
  122. S
  123. Safety Regulations
  124. Self-Regulation
  125. Sex Education
  126. Smoking and Climate Change: Comparing Policies
  127. Spotted Owl
  128. State and Local Regulatory Structures
  129. Stem Cell Research
  130. Superfund
  131. Sustainable Development
  132. T
  133. Tenure
  134. Tuberculosis, Drug-Resistant
  135. Tuskegee Institute Syphilis Study
  136. U
  137. U.S. Research Works Act
  138. V
  139. Vaccines, Childhood
  140. W
  141. Water Scarcity
  142. Wetlands
  143. Whistleblower Protection
  144. Wildfire Management
  145. Wildlife Management
  146. Women’s Health
  147. Index