Science policy-making, democracy, and changing knowledge institutions

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ID5117627
AuthorsTiago Santos Pereira (0000-0003-0066-2146, University of Coimbra, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume56
Issue180
Pages245-256
Publication date2004-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Social Science Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8701 • E-ISSN: 1468-2451
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.0020-8701.2004.00487.x
OpenAlexW1999721858
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited11

The increased demands placed upon science from various social actors are not just a challenge for scientists but also for policy-makers. How to address the concerns of the public as well as the call from industry, while at the same time guaranteeing conditions for scientific development? This paper argues that such concerns are not incompatible but rather must be at the centre of policies for science that recognise the central role of science in our democratic societies. Through the analysis of science policy developments in Portugal, and the difficulties in changing the basis of earlier models, it is considered that policy-making for science ought to renegotiate the social contract for science to incorporate democratic principles of good governance and not be captured by specific concerns. In this way, between the earlier models of self-governance and the capture by "competitiveness coalitions", science policy-making should create incentives for the participation of a wider set of social actors in policy-making, as well as in interactions with knowledge institutions

Corporate governance · Democracy · Democratic governance · Economics · Incentive · Management · Policy making · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Science policy · Set (abstract data type) · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Innovation Policy and RD · International Science and Diplomacy · Law · Public Administration · Research, Science, and Academia

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