National institutions involved in environmental policy planning
respond more to the accommodation of special interests, whether
vested, parochial, or societal, than to the realities of
technological advances. This situation, combined with the added
problem of widespread scientific illiteracy, makes the formulation
of effective environmental policy a very difficult task to
accomplish.
Our politico-legal system and relationships among science,
scientists, and society are explored here with specific attention
to issues arising from pharmaceutical innovation and biotechnology.
The identification of the resultant dilemmas reveal
disenfranchisement and point to possible means of reform. Howell
focuses on the need for multilateral responsibility for
communication to improve the accommodation of science in policy. A
truly multidisciplinary study, this book is for environmental
planners as well as the interested public.
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