Role of Science in the Policy Process
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Topics
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 | Transscience problems |
| The scientific method means that science disproves things it does not prove them |
| Scientific vs. time and place information and its impact on decision making |
| Focusing events, agenda setting, and the role of the media in elevating environmental
problems on the public and political agenda |
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Readings
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Lecture Notes
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Assignments
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Web Resources
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Movies that Might Be of Interest
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| Contact (1997) starring Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey:
One of the themes that runs through the movie is the tension between a man of faith
and a women of science. The movie raises interesting questions about this tension
and in the end Foster is left to rely on her "faith" that the events she
experienced actually occurred. |
| Planet of the Apes (1967) starring Charlton Heston and Roddy
McDowall: While the movie explores themes of racial tensions prevalent at the time,
one of the sub themes is also the tension between science and religion as the Ape leaders
ultimately choose to reject evidence that in this case apes had evolved from man. Movie
was nominated for two Academy awards. |
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Books that Might Be of Interest
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