{"product_id":"science-and-politics-9781509561582","title":"Science and Politics","description":"The recent coronavirus pandemic proved that the time-old notion seems now truer than ever: that science and politics represent a clash of cultures. But why should scientists simply \"stick to the facts\" and leave politics to the politicians when the world seems to be falling down around us?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on his experience as both a research scientist and an expert advisor at the centre of government, Ian Boyd takes an empirical approach to examining the current state of the relationship between science and politics. He argues that the way politicians and scientists work together today results in a science that is on tap for ideological (mis)use, and governance that fails to serve humanity's most fundamental needs. Justice is unlikely--perhaps impossible--while science is not a fully integrated part of the systems for collective decision-making across society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eScience in Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, Boyd presents an impassioned argument for a series of conceptual and structural innovations that could resolve this fundamental tension, revealing how a radical intermingling of these (apparently contradictory) professions might provide the world with better politics \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e better science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlso available as an audiobook.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Ian Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e is Bishop Wardlaw Professor in the School of Biology at the University of St. Andrews, Chair of the UK Research Integrity Office, and President of the Royal Society of Biology. He was Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government on Food and the Environment from 2012 to 2019.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50929167892754,"sku":"9781509561582","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c429d8ed-9f4d-42aa-afb7-d0a5d7f78bd8.jpg?v=1739034555","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/science-and-politics-9781509561582","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}