Worldwide Science and Technology Advice

by William T. Golden

Overview

First published in 1990. The contributors discuss the organizations for provision of science and technology advice to the highest levels of governments of some 35 countries, including major countries of the world and a selection of important smaller countries. Inclusion of some communist and developing countries adds piquancy. The papers comment on functioning of those organizations as well as describe their formal structure. Each author was asked to describe the science and technology advising organizations for the highest level of his or her country's government and comment on its effectiveness and how it influences policy formulation and action.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080404073
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	01/12/1990
Pages:	446
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

William T. Golden devised and implemented the first science advisory organization for President Truman in 1950. He was chairman of the American Museum of Natural History, chairman of the New York Academy of Sciences, treasurer and director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the National Academy of Public Administration and the American Philosophical Society.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Science and Technology Advising in a Dynamically Changing World William T. Golden, Chairman, American Museum of Natural History; Foreword: Science Advice in a Global Context D. Allan Bromley, Science Adviser to President Bush; Preface: International Cooperation in Science—A New Agenda Frank Press, President, National Academy of Sciences, OVERVIEWS, COUNTRY CHAPTERS.