Strategic Science in the Public Interest

G.Bruce Doern, Jeff Kinder

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University of Toronto Press
23 July 2007

Public administration; Science funding & policy; Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques; Chemistry

The past twenty years have seen considerable shifts and struggles in 'government science' - that

is, in the way the state funds, supports, regulates, conducts and uses scientific and technological activity.

Focusing on federal labs and agencies, Strategic Science in the Public Interest explores how these labs have been located within, and often buried by, the larger commercially-focused federal innovation agenda.

G. Bruce Doern and Jeffrey S. Kinder examine four labs whose mandates deal with the Alberta oil sands, environmental technologies, wildlife research, and mining and metals, respectively.

The authors use these cases to explain why a better middle-level approach to analysis is needed for strategic public interest-centred government science.

They illustrate the importance of understanding the variety, as well as the similarity, of federal science and technology labs and agencies, and of instituting policies that reflect this diversity. The growing importance of Related Science Activities (RSA) is also explored, as well as the core trade-offs between commercial and public goods science in their mandates and their internal capacities.

By: G.Bruce Doern, Jeff Kinder
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 237mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9780802088536
ISBN 10: 0802088538
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 23 July 2007
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart One: Historical Context and Analytical Framework Government S&T Labs and Agencies as Institutions: Towards Middle-Level Approaches Analytical ApproachPart Two: Case Studies of R&D-Focused Labs and RSA-Focused Agencies The CANMET Mining and Mineral Sciences Laboratories and Canada's Transformed Mining Sector The CANMET Energy Technology Centre--Devon and the Alberta Oil Sands The Environmental Technology Centre and Environmental Protection The National Wildlife Research Centre and Frontline Sustainable Development Related Science Activities in the Regulatory and Monitoring Process ConclusionsAppendix: Canadian and Comparative Science and Technology DataReferencesIndex

G. Bruce Doern is a professor emeritus in the School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University. He is the author and co-author of numerous books on Canadian politics and policy, including Faith and Fear: The Free Trade Story, with Brian Tomlin, and Canadian Public Policy: Ideas, Structure, Process, with Richard Phidd. Jeffrey S. Kinder is a PhD candidate in the School of Public Policy and Adminstration at Carleton University.

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G.Bruce Doern, Jeff Kinder

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