Science, Social Theory and Public Knowledge

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<li>How might social theory, public understanding of science and science policy best inform one another?</li> <li>What have been the key features of science-society relations in the modern world? </li> <li>How are we to re-think science-society relations in the context of globalization, hybridity and changing patterns of governance?</li>
</ul> This topical and unique book draws together the three key perspectives on science-society relations: public understanding of science, scientific and public governance, and social theory. The book presents a series of case studies (including the debates on genetically modified foods and the AIDS movement in the USA) to discuss critically the ways in which social theorists, social scientists, and science policy makers deal with science-society relations. ‘Science' and 'society' combine in many complex ways. Concepts such as citizenship, expertise, governance, democracy and the public need to be re-thought in the context of contemporary concerns with globalization and hybridity. A radical new approach is developed and the notion of ethno-epistemic assemblage is used to articulate a new series of questions for the theorization, empirical study and politics of science-society relations.

Politics & Social Sciences

Irwin, Alan

Michael,Mike

Social Sciences

Open University Press

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Citizen Science (Environment and Society)

We are all concerned by the environmental threats facing us today. Environmental issues are a major area of concern for policy makers, industrialists and public groups of many different kinds. While science seems central to our understanding of such threats, the statements of scientists are increasingly open to challenge in this area. Meanwhile, citizens may find themselves labelled as `ignorant' in environmental matters. In Citizen Science Alan Irwin provides a much needed route through the fraught relationship between science, the public and the environmental threat.

Citizen Science: A Study of People, Expertise and Sustainable Development (Environment and Society)

Business & Money

Economics

Routledge

We are all concerned by the environmental threats facing us today. Environmental issues are a major area of concern for policy makers, industrialists and public groups of many different kinds. While science seems central to our understanding of such threats, the statements of scientists are increasingly open to challenge in this area. Meanwhile, citizens may find themselves labelled as `ignorant' in environmental matters. In Citizen Science Alan Irwin provides a much needed route through the fraught relationship between science, the public and the environmental threat.

When prospector John Branagan sent a call for help from the valley in New Mexico Territory to his Texas Ranger son, Jim Branagan, the boy came a-running. Angus Flint, owner of the Box F, whose men had attacked and robbed John Branagan, was none too pleased by Jim's arrival. To Flint, the valley was his domain - and he didn't want any new settlers. But Jim had other ideas. Could he put an end to Flint's tyranny for good?

Branagan's Law (LIN) (Linford Western Library)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Linford Western

When Sheriff Dale Tyree found his young stepsister, Maria, brutally raped and murdered by a gang of six desperados, he quit his job and embarked on a long trail of vengeance which took him from Texas into Mexico, then to El Paso, the Indian Territory, Kansas, and finally, the Wyoming Territory. Surviving several attempts on his life, Dale tracked down all six murderers. The final grim tally was three desperados dead after a gun-battle, one accidentally strangled, and two hanged by the law.

Trail Of The Desperados (LIN)

Blair Calhoun's job was to drive a trail herd of two thousand longhorns from South Texas into Wyoming Territory - a distance of twelve hundred miles. The herd was stolen by a band of outlaws led by Mulvaney, and the whole of the trail crew, with the exception of Blair and one hand, were murdered. Blair set out after the cattle theives...

Trail Dust (A Black Horse Western)

Robert Hale, Ltd.

When rancher Tom Hawke of the Diamond H vanishes while riding from Colorado to the Texas Panhandle on a cattle-buying expedition, his son, ex-ranger Jackson Hawke, sets out to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance.

The Vengeance Riders (A Black Horse Western)

When Sheriff Will Drummond's brother Clint is tortured and murdered by outlaw Luke Brent, Will quits his job and sets out to find the killer. Learning that Brent's father, Eli, owns a ranch in a valley in Wyoming, he rides there in the hope of finding his quarry.He discovers that Eli Brent is mounting an operation of force all the homesteaders to leave the valley to make room for more of his own cattle. Will decides to take a hand, but can he possibly succeed in his twofold task of lifting the threat to the homesteaders and bringing his brother's killer to justice?

Drummond Takes a Hand

Robert Hale Library H/Backs

Can sociology help us to tackle environmental problems? What can sociology tell us about the nature of the environment and about the origins and consequences of environmental risks, hazards and change? In this important new book Alan Irwin maps out this emerging field of knowledge, teaching and research. He reviews the key sociological debates in the field and sets out a new framework for analysis and practice. 
Among the themes examined are constructivism and realism, sustainable development and theories of the risk society. Readers are also introduced to communities at risk, institutional regulation and the environmental consequences of technology. Particular topics for discussion include genetically modified organisms, nuclear power, pesticide safety and the local hazards of the chemical industry. Rather than maintaining a fixed boundary between nature and society, Irwin highlights the hybrid character of environmental issues and emphasizes the role of social and cultural factors within environmental policy. Combining theoretical discussion and case-studies with a sensitivity to the concerns of environmental policy and practice, Sociology and the Environment provides an excellent introduction to an expanding and immensely important field. It will be a valuable text for students and scholars in sociology, geography, environmental studies and related disciplines.

Sociology and the Environment: A Critical Introduction to Society, Nature and Knowledge

Polity

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Science, Social Theory and Public Knowledge

Science, Social Theory and Public Knowledge

Citizen Science: A Study of People, Expertise and Sustainable Development (Environment and Society)

Citizen Science (Environment and Society)

Branagan's Law (LIN) (Linford Western Library)

Trail Of The Desperados (LIN)

Trail Dust (A Black Horse Western)

The Vengeance Riders (A Black Horse Western)

Drummond Takes a Hand

Sociology and the Environment: A Critical Introduction to Society, Nature and Knowledge