Week 14

April 15, 2008 - Scientific Advisory Mechanisms

Articles

Chubin, D., 2000. Filling the policy vacuum created by OTA’s demise, Issues in Science and Technology Policy, Winter. Online at: http://www.issues.org/17.2/stalk.htm

Dawson, J. 2001. Past science advisors counsel Bush nominee. Physics Today August 2001.22-23 Online at: http://www.physicstoday.org/pt/vol-54/iss-8/p22.html

Haas, P.M. 2004. When does power listen to truth? A constructivist approach to the policy process. Journal of European Public Policy 11(4):569-592

Jasanoff, Sheila 1998, “The Political Function of Good Science” in The 5th Branch: Science Advisors as Policymakers, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, p. 229-250

Neal Lane Interview: http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/scienceadvisors/lane_transcript.html

M. G. Morgan, A. Houghton and J. H. Gibbons, 2001. Improving Science and Technology Advice for the U.S. Congress, Science, pp. 1999-2000, September 14

Mooney, C. 2005. Requiem for an office. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. September/October 2005 61(5): 40-49

National Research Council, 2004. Science and Technology in the National Interest: Ensuring the Best Presidential and Federal Advisory Committee Science and Technology Appointments, http://books.nap.edu/html/national-interest/0309092973.pdf

Sarewitz, D. 2006. Liberating science from politics. American Scientist 94(2):104

U.S. GAO, 2004. FEDERAL ADVISORYCOMMITTEES: Additional Guidance Could Help Agencies Better Ensure Independence and Balance, http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04328.pdf

Federation of American Scientists, 2004. Flying Blind: The Rise, Fall, and Possible Resurrection of Science Policy Advice in the US, http://www.fas.org/resource/12022004142618.pdf

Yankelovich, D. 2003. Winning greater influence for science. Issues in Science and Technology. Summer 2003. Online at: www.issues.org/issues/19.4/yankelovich.html