List of figures and tables

Acknowledgments

1

Four idealized roles of science in policy and politics

2

The big picture, science, and democracy

3

Science and decision-making

4

Values

5

Uncertainty

6

How science policy shapes science in policy and politics

7

Preemption and the decision to go to war in Iraq

8

When scientists politicize science

9

Making sense of science in policy and politics

Notes

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