The Public Nature of Science Under Assault: Politics, Markets, Science and the Law

by Helga Nowotny, Eberhard Schmidt-Aßmann, Eberhard Schmidt-A_mann, et al.

Book Overview

Science has development from a self-evident public good to being highly valued in other contexts for different reasons: strengthening the economic competitiveness and, especially in high-tech fields, as a financial investment for future gains. This has been accompanied by a shift from public to private funding with intellectual property rights gaining importance. But in contemporary democracies citizens have also begun to voice their concerns about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642065171
• ISBN13: 9783642065170
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"