Research and Human Needs

Augusto Forti, Paolo Bisogno

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780080274171
• eBook ISBN: 9781483154091
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Anthropology
• Index: Social Sciences

Research and Human Needs considers the interrelationship between scientific research, human needs, and economic order. This book is composed of 15 chapters and starts with an overview of the priorities for scientific research, including the fields of bioscience, technology, and research applied to national needs. Other chapters provide an example of an interdisciplinary course on science and human needs. These topics are followed by discussions of information development through information popularization and the popularization of scientific research through human needs. The final chapters cover topics such as the quality of human life, and human rights and needs. This book is of value to researchers and non-specialist readers.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Research and Human Needs
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1. Scientific Research, Human Needs and the New Economic Order
• Chapter 2. Scientific Research and Human Needs
• Chapter 3. The Horizons of Relevance
• Chapter 4. The Bioscience Impact
• Chapter 5. Appendix Professional Ethics: A Bulwark Against the Misuse of Science and Technology
• Chapter 6. Research Applied to National Needs The American Experience
• Chapter 7. Development as if People Mattered
• Chapter 8. APPENDIX An Example of an Interdisciplinary Course on Science and Human Needs
• Chapter 9. Information Development Through Information Popularisation
• Chapter 10. Research and the Future
• Chapter 11. The Popularisation of Scientific Research Through Human Needs
• Chapter 12. The Quality of Life and Development Alternatives
• Chapter 13. Human Rights: Closing the Gap
• Chapter 14. Research and Basic Human Needs Closing the Widening Gap
• Chapter 15. Notes on Basic Needs—Priorities and Normative Change
• Annotated Bibliography