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The political economy of research and innovation (R&I) is one
of the central issues of the early twenty-first century. 'Science'
and 'innovation' are increasingly tasked with driving and reshaping
a troubled global economy while also tackling multiple, overlapping
global challenges, such as climate change or food security, global
pandemics or energy security. But responding to these demands is
made more complicated because R&I themselves are changing.
Today, new global patterns of R&I are transforming the very
structures, institutions and processes of science and innovation,
and with it their claims about desirable futures. Our understanding
of R&I needs to change accordingly. Responding to this new
urgency and uncertainty, this handbook presents a pioneering
selection of the growing body of literature that has emerged in
recent years at the intersection of science and technology studies
and political economy. The central task for this research has been
to expose important but consequential misconceptions about the
political economy of R&I and to build more insightful
approaches. This volume therefore explores the complex
interrelations between R&I (both in general and in specific
fields) and political economies across a number of key dimensions
from health to environment, and universities to the military. The
Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Science offers a
unique collection of texts across a range of issues in this
burgeoning and important field from a global selection of top
scholars. The handbook is essential reading for students interested
in the political economy of science, technology and innovation. It
also presents succinct and insightful summaries of the state of the
art for more advanced scholars.
This handbook is recognition of the need to better integrate
physical and human geography. It combines a collection of work and
research within the new field of Critical Physical Geography, which
gives critical attention to relations of social power with deep
knowledge of a particular field of biophysical science. Critical
Physical Geography research accords careful attention to
biophysical landscapes and the power relations that have
increasingly come to shape them, and to the politics of
environmental science and the role of biophysical inquiry in
promoting social and environmental justice. The Palgrave Handbook
of Critical Physical Geography lays out the scope and guiding
principles of Critical Physical Geography research. It presents a
carefully selected set of empirical work, demonstrating the range
and intellectual strength of existing integrative work in geography
research. This handbook is the first of its kind to cover this
emerging discipline and will be of significant interest to students
and academics across the fields of geography, the environment and
sustainability.
This handbook is recognition of the need to better integrate
physical and human geography. It combines a collection of work and
research within the new field of Critical Physical Geography, which
gives critical attention to relations of social power with deep
knowledge of a particular field of biophysical science. Critical
Physical Geography research accords careful attention to
biophysical landscapes and the power relations that have
increasingly come to shape them, and to the politics of
environmental science and the role of biophysical inquiry in
promoting social and environmental justice. The Palgrave Handbook
of Critical Physical Geography lays out the scope and guiding
principles of Critical Physical Geography research. It presents a
carefully selected set of empirical work, demonstrating the range
and intellectual strength of existing integrative work in geography
research. This handbook is the first of its kind to cover this
emerging discipline and will be of significant interest to students
and academics across the fields of geography, the environment and
sustainability.
The political economy of research and innovation (R&I) is one
of the central issues of the early twenty-first century. 'Science'
and 'innovation' are increasingly tasked with driving and reshaping
a troubled global economy while also tackling multiple, overlapping
global challenges, such as climate change or food security, global
pandemics or energy security. But responding to these demands is
made more complicated because R&I themselves are changing.
Today, new global patterns of R&I are transforming the very
structures, institutions and processes of science and innovation,
and with it their claims about desirable futures. Our understanding
of R&I needs to change accordingly. Responding to this new
urgency and uncertainty, this handbook presents a pioneering
selection of the growing body of literature that has emerged in
recent years at the intersection of science and technology studies
and political economy. The central task for this research has been
to expose important but consequential misconceptions about the
political economy of R&I and to build more insightful
approaches. This volume therefore explores the complex
interrelations between R&I (both in general and in specific
fields) and political economies across a number of key dimensions
from health to environment, and universities to the military. The
Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Science offers a
unique collection of texts across a range of issues in this
burgeoning and important field from a global selection of top
scholars. The handbook is essential reading for students interested
in the political economy of science, technology and innovation. It
also presents succinct and insightful summaries of the state of the
art for more advanced scholars.
Doreen Massey (1944-2016) changed geography. Her ideas on space,
region, labour, identity, ethics and capital transformed the field
itself, while also attracting a wide audience in sociology,
planning, political economy, cultural studies, gender studies and
beyond. The significance of her contributions is difficult to
overstate. Far from a dry defence of disciplinary turf, her claim
that "geography matters" possessed both scholarly substance and
political salience. Through her most influential concepts - such as
power-geometries and a "global sense of place" - she insisted on
the active role of regions and places not simply in bearing the
brunt of political-economic restructuring, but in reshaping the
uneven geographies of global capitalism and the horizons of
politics. In capturing how global forces articulated with the
particularities of place, Massey's work, right up until her death,
was an inspiration for critical social sciences and political
activists alike. It integrated theory and politics in the service
of challenging and transforming both. This collection of Massey's
writings brings together for the first time the full span of her
formative contributions, showcasing the continuing relevance of her
ideas to current debates on globalization, immigration, nationalism
and neoliberalism, among other topics. With introductions from the
editors, the collection represents an unrivalled distillation of
the range and depth of Massey's thinking. It is sure to remain an
essential touchstone for social theory and critical geography for
generations to come.
Doreen Massey was a creative scholar, inspiring teacher and
restless activist. Her path-breaking thinking about space, place,
politics and economy changed not only geography but the critical
social sciences, initiating new ways of seeing, understanding and
indeed transforming the world. This collection of commissioned
essays, including from Doreen Massey's long-time interlocutors and
collaborators, explores both the generative sources and the
continuing potential of her remarkably wide-ranging and influential
body of work. It provides an unparalleled assessment of the
political and social context that gave rise to many of Massey's key
ideas and contributions - such as spatial divisions of labour,
power-geometries and the global sense of place - and how they
subsequently travelled, and were translated and transformed, both
within and outside of academia. Looking forward, rather than merely
backward, the collection also highlights the many ways in which
Massey's formulations and frameworks provide a basis for new
interventions in contemporary debates over immigration,
financialization, macroeconomic crises, political engagement beyond
academia, and more. Doreen Massey: Critical Dialogues is a
testament to the continuing relevance of Doreen Massey's work
across a wide range of fields, serving as an invaluable companion
to the new collection of Massey's own writings, The Doreen Massey
Reader published simultaneously and also compiled by the editors.
Doreen Massey was a creative scholar, inspiring teacher and
restless activist. Her path-breaking thinking about space, place,
politics and economy changed not only geography but the critical
social sciences, initiating new ways of seeing, understanding and
indeed transforming the world. This collection of commissioned
essays, including from Doreen Massey's long-time interlocutors and
collaborators, explores both the generative sources and the
continuing potential of her remarkably wide-ranging and influential
body of work. It provides an unparalleled assessment of the
political and social context that gave rise to many of Massey's key
ideas and contributions - such as spatial divisions of labour,
power-geometries and the global sense of place - and how they
subsequently travelled, and were translated and transformed, both
within and outside of academia. Looking forward, rather than merely
backward, the collection also highlights the many ways in which
Massey's formulations and frameworks provide a basis for new
interventions in contemporary debates over immigration,
financialization, macroeconomic crises, political engagement beyond
academia, and more. Doreen Massey: Critical Dialogues is a
testament to the continuing relevance of Doreen Massey's work
across a wide range of fields, serving as an invaluable companion
to the new collection of Massey's own writings, The Doreen Massey
Reader published simultaneously and also compiled by the editors.
Examining the science of stream restoration, Rebecca Lave argues
that the neoliberal emphasis on the privatization and
commercialization of knowledge has fundamentally changed the way
that science is funded, organized, and viewed in the United States.
Stream restoration science and practice is in a startling state.
The most widely respected expert in the field, Dave Rosgen, is a
private consultant with relatively little formal scientific
training. Since the mid-1990s, many academic and federal agency -
based scientists have denounced Rosgen as a charlatan and a hack.
Despite this, Rosgen's Natural Channel Design approach,
classification system, and short-course series are not only
accepted but are viewed as more legitimate than academically
produced knowledge and training. Rosgen's methods are now promoted
by federal agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency,
the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and
the Natural Resources Conservation Service, as well as by resource
agencies in dozens of states. Drawing on the work of Pierre
Bourdieu, Lave demonstrates that the primary cause of Rosgen's
success is neither the method nor the man but is instead the
assignment of a new legitimacy to scientific claims developed
outside the academy, concurrent with academic scientists'
decreasing ability to defend their turf. What is at stake in the
Rosgen wars, argues Lave, is not just the ecological health of our
rivers and streams but the very future of environmental science.
Examining the science of stream restoration, Rebecca Lave argues
that the neoliberal emphasis on the privatization and
commercialization of knowledge has fundamentally changed the way
that science is funded, organized, and viewed in the United States.
Stream restoration science and practice is in a startling state.
The most widely respected expert in the field, Dave Rosgen, is a
private consultant with relatively little formal scientific
training. Since the mid-1990s, many academic and federal
agency-based scientists have denounced Rosgen as a charlatan and a
hack. Despite this, Rosgen's Natural Channel Design approach,
classification system, and short-course series are not only
accepted but are viewed as more legitimate than academically
produced knowledge and training. Rosgen's methods are now promoted
by federal agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency,
the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and
the Natural Resources Conservation Service, as well as by resource
agencies in dozens of states.
Drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, Lave demonstrates that the
primary cause of Rosgen's success is neither the method nor the man
but is instead the assignment of a new legitimacy to scientific
claims developed outside the academy, concurrent with academic
scientists' decreasing ability to defend their turf. What is at
stake in the Rosgen wars, argues Lave, is not just the ecological
health of our rivers and streams but the very future of
environmental science.
Doreen Massey (1944-2016) changed geography. Her ideas on space,
region, labour, identity, ethics and capital transformed the field
itself, while also attracting a wide audience in sociology,
planning, political economy, cultural studies, gender studies and
beyond. The significance of her contributions is difficult to
overstate. Far from a dry defence of disciplinary turf, her claim
that "geography matters" possessed both scholarly substance and
political salience. Through her most influential concepts - such as
power-geometries and a "global sense of place" - she insisted on
the active role of regions and places not simply in bearing the
brunt of political-economic restructuring, but in reshaping the
uneven geographies of global capitalism and the horizons of
politics. In capturing how global forces articulated with the
particularities of place, Massey's work, right up until her death,
was an inspiration for critical social sciences and political
activists alike. It integrated theory and politics in the service
of challenging and transforming both. This collection of Massey's
writings brings together for the first time the full span of her
formative contributions, showcasing the continuing relevance of her
ideas to current debates on globalization, immigration, nationalism
and neoliberalism, among other topics. With introductions from the
editors, the collection represents an unrivalled distillation of
the range and depth of Massey's thinking. It is sure to remain an
essential touchstone for social theory and critical geography for
generations to come.
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