{"product_id":"when-science-meets-power-hardback-9781509553068","title":"When Science Meets Power (Hardback) 9781509553068","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhen Science Meets Power\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeoff Mulgan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509553068, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 November 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e261 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 16.3 x 2.5 cm, 0.567 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\u003cp\u003e“In this groundbreaking book, Geoff Mulgan masterfully dissects the complex dance between science, technology, and power, exposing perilous gaps in oversight. With practical idealism, Mulgan lights a path toward aligning humanity’s scientific powers with our common hopes through politicizing science and scientizing politics. Essential reading for all who care about steering technology for the greater good, \u003ci\u003eWhen Science Meets Power\u003c\/i\u003e brims with radical insights to fuse the strengths of science and democracy.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAzeem Azhar, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Exponential Age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“With his acute practitioner’s lens, Geoff Mulgan has written a timely, provocative yet constructive exploration of the nexus between modern science and the institutions of power and democracy. He highlights the need for a new mindset and new institutions if science is to effectively impact on local and global challenges. An important read for all those interested in how the relationships between politicians, bureaucracies and science need to evolve.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Peter Gluckman, President of the International Science Council, and former President of the International Network of Government Science Advice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A great contribution to the science policy debate! \u003ci\u003eScience Meets Power\u003c\/i\u003e describes many of my daily experiences, offering stories and examples to back its rigorous and surprising analyses. Mulgan makes a plea for an intelligence about intelligence, proposing ‘knowledge commons’ in which the logic of the scientist, the logic of the politician and the logic of the bureaucrat can interact in constructive ways. A must read for anyone involved in policy-making for science or in science for policy-making. And a good read too…”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaroline Nevejan, Chief Science Officer, City of Amsterdam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“I have always said that technology alone can’t solve our political problems. Geoff Mulgan shows us how we got to a point where science and politics seem increasingly at odds – and how we can come to a healthier understanding of the role of science to inform policy.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Schmidt, former CEO and Chair of Google\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“This engaging book […]  is packed with wisdom and is written with a deep analytical prowess”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Readable and thought-provoking … science and power are entwined, and \u003ci\u003eWhen Science Meets Power\u003c\/i\u003e provides valuable insights into how we can make the relationship more effective.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Biologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eScience and politics have collaborated throughout human history, and science is repeatedly invoked today in political debates, from pandemic management to climate change. But the relationship between the two is muddled and muddied.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeading policy analyst Geoff Mulgan here calls attention to the growing frictions caused by the expanding authority of science, which sometimes helps politics but often challenges it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe dissects the complex history of states’ use of science for conquest, glory and economic growth and shows the challenges of governing risk – from nuclear weapons to genetic modification, artificial intelligence to synthetic biology. He shows why the governance of science has become one of the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century, ever more prominent in daily politics and policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhereas science is ordered around what we know and what is, politics engages what we feel and what matters. How can we reconcile the two, so that crucial decisions are both well informed and legitimate?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book proposes new ways to organize democracy and government, both within nations and at a global scale, to better shape science and technology so that we can reap more of the benefits and fewer of the harms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlso available as an audiobook.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The science–politics paradox\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I. How Science Meets Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eChapter 1: Uneasy interdependence\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: What is science and how does it connect to power?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II. How States Have Used Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eChapter 3: The ages of techne and episteme\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Science bites back\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: The scientist’s view of politics as corruptor\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III. The Problem of Truths and Logics\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eChapter 6: Master, servant and multiple truths\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Clashing logics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV. The Problem of Institutions: Solving the Science–Politics Paradox\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eChapter 8: Split sovereignty, or the role of knowledge in corroding the supremacy of politics\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: Democracy meets science\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: The flawed reasoning of democracy and its remedies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V. The Problem of Scales: Borderless Science in a World of Borders\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eChapter 11: The clash between global and national interest\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: Governing global science and technology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART VI. The Problems of Meaning: Synthesis, Wisdom and Judgement\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eChapter 13: Science, synthesis and metacognition\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14: The dialectics of what is and what matters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52458272293144,"sku":"9781509553068","price":18.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509553068.jpg?v=1785370292","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/when-science-meets-power-hardback-9781509553068","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}