Science in Environmental Policy: The Politics of Objective Advice

by Ann Campbell Keller

Book Overview

An analysis of the role and influence of scientists at the agenda-setting, legislative, and implementation stages of environmental policy making.

Scientists often bring issues to the policy agenda, translating scientific questions into everyday language and political terms. When Roger Revelle characterized Earth as a spaceship in testimony to Congress in 1957, his evocative language framed the issue of our planet's climate vulnerability...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262512963
• ISBN13: 9780262512961
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher