The Republican War on Science

The bestselling book that exposed the American right-wing agenda to put politics ahead of scientific truth - now thoroughly updated throughout and with a new preface by the author. Science has never been more crucial to deciding the political issues facing America. Yet, science and scientists have l [...]
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The bestselling book that exposed the American right-wing agenda to put politics ahead of scientific truth - now thoroughly updated throughout and with a new preface by the author. Science has never been more crucial to deciding the political issues facing America. Yet, science and scientists have less influence with the federal government than at any time since the Eisenhower administration. In the White House and Congress today, findings are reported in a politicized manner; spun or distorted to fit the speaker's agenda; or, when they're too inconvenient, ignored entirely. On a broad array of issues - stem cell research, climate change, missile defence, abstinence education, product safety, environmental regulation, and many others - the Bush administration's positions fly in the face of overwhelming scientific consensus. Federal science agencies, once fiercely independent under both Republican and Democratic presidents, are increasingly staffed by political appointees and fringe theorists who know industry lobbyists and evangelical activists far better than they know the science.This is not unique to the Bush administration, but it is largely a Republican phenomenon, born of a conservative dislike of environmental, health, and safety regulation, and at the extremes, of evolution and legalized abortion. In "The Republican War on Science", Chris Mooney ties together the disparate strands of the attack on science into a compelling and frightening account of the US government's increasing unwillingness to distinguish between legitimate research and ideologically driven pseudoscience. The interest in The Republican War on Science has been phenomenal. The book received rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic, and the film rights have been optioned by Supersize Me creator Morgan Spurlock. This new edition has been thoroughly revised, bringing the book completely up to date with added epilogues to each chapter and a new preface by Chris Mooney.