Science Advice to the President

by William T. Golden

Overview

This is a provocative, behind-the-scenes introduction to the vital and complex role science plays in United States politics. It includes the first formal statement from former President Clinton's former Science Advisor, John H. Gibbons; a fresh retrospective from D. Allan Bromley on science advice in the George H. W. Bush Administration; and a unique viewpoint from John McTague about his brief tenure under President Reagan. Among the twenty-four contributors are former members of the President's Science Advisory Committee, distinguished scholars, and industrialists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138532250
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/15/2017
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jack Werber

Table of Contents

Contours of Wisdom: Presidential Science Advice in an Age of Flux, President's Science Advisers and members of Science Advisory Committees Part I : Science Advisers and the Presidents They Served, Science and Technology in President Clinton's First 100 Days, Science and Technology in the Bush Administration, 67 Science Advice to the President: Important and Difficult, The President and His Scientific Advisers, The Origins and Uses of a Scientific Presence in the White House, Science and Technology: Government and Politics, The President's Need for Science Advice: Past and Future, Current State of White House Science Advising, Science Advice: Out of and Back Into the White House, Advising Presidents on Science and Technology, Science and Technology in the Reagan Administration, Part 2: Other Perspectives, Science and Technology and Presidential Science and Technology Advice, Reconciling the Science Advisory Role with Tensions Inherent in the Presidency, The Pleasures of Advising Helping the President Manage the Federal Science and Technology Enterprise, Presidential Science Advising, Don't Segregate Science Advice[1]Inteerate It! The Life, Death, and Potential Future of PSAC, Federal Science Policy and Support of Autonomous Universities: A Modest Proposal, Politics in the Science Advising Process, Executive Leadership for Science and Technology, An Historian's View of Advice to the President on Science: Retrospect and Prescription, Science Advice and the Presidency: An Overview from Roosevelt to Ford, A Scientist in the White House: A Sociological View, Organizational Structure and Advisory Effectiveness: The Office of Science and Technology Policy, Science Advice in the White House: The Genesis of the President's Science Advisers and the National Science Foundation

Editorial Reviews

Explores the role of scientific advice in the politics of the US government. Includes contributions by science advisors of every president from Truman to Clinton, one by Gerald Ford, and by others representing a range of perspectives such as historical and sociological. Some essays are advocatory rather than descriptive. Expanded from the 1980 first edition. No subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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