{"product_id":"the-politics-of-scientific-advice-institutional-design-for-quality-assurance-hardback-9781107003705","title":"The Politics of Scientific Advice; Institutional Design for Quality Assurance (Hardback) 9781107003705","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Politics of Scientific Advice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInstitutional Design for Quality Assurance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines the major pitfalls facing scientific advisers to governments, and shows how institutions have tried to overcome them.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJustus Lentsch (Edited by), Peter Weingart (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107003705, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e402 pages, 13 b\/w illus.  7 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.4 cm, 0.75 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“In a world where decision makers increasingly rely on expert advice, more attention than ever is needed on the capacity of scientific advisory bodies to bridge science and politics.   Lentsch and Weingart not only help to fill this need with this timely and comprehensive volume, but do so in a way that emphasizes practical knowledge.  This book is an important part of the bridge that they seek to build.”  \u003cbr\u003e– Roger Pielke, Jr., Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Colorado\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eControversies over issues such as genetically engineered food, foot-and-mouth disease and the failure of risk models in the global financial crisis have raised concerns about the quality of expert scientific advice. The legitimacy of experts, and of the political decision-makers and policy-makers whom they advise, essentially depends on the quality of the advice. But what does quality mean in this context, and how can it be achieved? This volume argues that the quality of scientific advice can be ensured by an appropriate institutional design of advisory organisations. Using examples from a wide range of international case studies, including think tanks, governmental research institutes, agencies and academies, the authors provide a systematic guide to the major problems and pitfalls encountered in scientific advice and the means by which organisations around the world have solved these problems.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Methodological Issues. Quality Control and Assurance in Scientific Policy Advice: 1. Introduction: the quest for quality as a challenge to scientific policy advice: an overdue debate? Justus Lentsch and Peter Weingart\u003cbr\u003e 2. Quality control and peer review in advisory science Sheila Jasanoff\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reconciling representation with reality: unitisation as an example for science and public policy Naomi Oreskes\u003cbr\u003e 4. Looking for quality in all the wrong places: or the technological origins of quality in scientific policy advice Daniel Sarewitz\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Collegial Science Advisory Bodies: 5. Knowledge, advice and influence: the role of the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, 1970–2009 Susan Owens\u003cbr\u003e 6. International Commission on Radiological Protection: policy and worldwide standards Christian Streffer\u003cbr\u003e 7. The European Commission and the collection and use of science and technology advice Michael D. Rogers\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Collegial Science Policy Advisory Bodies: 8. RMNO and quality control of scientific advice to policy Bert de Wit\u003cbr\u003e 9. Quality assurance through procedures: policy advice by the German Science Council Andreas Stucke\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Research-Based Advisory Organizations: 10. The industrial organisation of economic policy preparation in The Netherlands Frank A. G. den Butter\u003cbr\u003e 11. Quality control for the leading institutes of economic research in Germany: promoting quality within and competition between the institutes Gert G. Wagner\u003cbr\u003e 12. Quality control and the link between science and regulation from a national and EU administrator's perspective Geoffrey Podger\u003cbr\u003e 13. Science into policy: the European Environment Agency Sven Dammann and David Gee\u003cbr\u003e 14. Reflective approaches to uncertainty assessment and communication Jeroen P. van der Sluijs, Arthur Petersen and Silvio Funtowicz\u003cbr\u003e 15. Looking through the telescope: quality assurance in scientific advice to politics Reinhard Kurth and Susanne Glasmacher\u003cbr\u003e 16. Scientific policy advice and foreign policymaking: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs Volker Perthes\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Academies of Science: 17. Scientific advice for policy in the United States: lessons from the National Academies and the former Congressional Office of Technology Assessment Peter D. Blair\u003cbr\u003e 18. Quality control in scientific policy advice: the experience of the Royal Society Peter Collins\u003cbr\u003e 19. European Academies Science Advisory Council Robin Fears and Volker ter Meulen\u003cbr\u003e 20. Quality control in the advisory process: towards an institutional design for robust science advice Justus Lentsch and Peter Weingart.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Impact of science \u0026amp; technology on society [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Impact of science \u0026amp; technology on society\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Impact%20of%20science%20\u0026amp;%20technology%20on%20society%20%5BPDR%5D%22\"\u003ePDR\u003c\/a\u003e], Comparative politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20politics%20%5BJPB%5D%22\"\u003eJPB\u003c\/a\u003e], Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005480947992,"sku":"9781107003705","price":93.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107003705i_9d9c07e0-d81e-4bac-a25a-7f56a7cf14ec.jpg?v=1691360839","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-politics-of-scientific-advice-institutional-design-for-quality-assurance-hardback-9781107003705","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}