This collection of essays by Sheila Jasanoff explores how democratic governments construct public reason, that is, the forms of evidence and argument used in making state decisions accountable to citizens. The term public reason as used here is not simply a matter of deploying principled arguments t[...]
In their expanding roles as advisers, scientists have emerged as a fifth branch of government. But even though the growing dependence of regulatory agencies on scientific and technical information has granted scientists a greater influence on public policy, opinions differ as to how those contributi[...]
Biology and politics have converged across much of the industrialized world. Taking a look at some twenty-five years of scientific and social development, this work compares the politics and policy of the life sciences in Britain, Germany, the United States, and in the European Union as a whole.[...]