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Book Title	Science And The Politics Of Openness
Book Author	Sujatha Raman
Total Pages	353
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Science and the politics of openness

Here be monsters

Edited by Brigitte Nerlich, Sarah Hartley,

Sujatha Raman and Alexander Smith

SCIENCE AND THE POLITICS OF OPENNESS

Introduction

Brigitte Nerlich, Sujatha Raman, Sarah Hartley, Alexander Thomas T. Smith

In recent years the relationship between science and society has become strained. In some parts of the world, mainly in the United States, science is said to be ‘at at war’ with society (Otto, 2016).

 In others, particularly the United Kingdom, scientists have been dragged into debates over suspicion and contempt of experts, primarily economists (Mance, 2016). These developments play out against a series of crises in science, technology, politics and the economy, which are all interlinked.

In politics and economics, one can mention the 2008 financial crisis, threats posed by terrorism, rising tensions around the place of religion in science and society, the ascent of political populism, and, more recently, debates about the United Kingdom leaving the European Union – an exit (dubbed ‘Brexit’) that will have profound consequences for society, science and different forms of expertise.

 In the United States, a new presidency challenges established relations between science and politics, as well as between these domains, journalism and the public.

In technology, controversies arise from increasing digitalisation, automation, cybercrime and much more, but also from the maturing of novel energy technologies and biotechnologies. These new technologies bring with them a range of ethical problems.

This volume uses recent developments in science-society relations as a focal point for exploring the tensions and contradictions raised by these large-scale issues.

Over the last thirty years in the UK and beyond, science, policy and the public have come into conflict in a series of political crises. Examples include the BSE (bovine spongiform

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