A Dialogue, Not a Diatribe: Effective Integration of Science and Policy through Joint Fact Finding

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Title	A Dialogue, Not a Diatribe: Effective Integration of Science and Policy through Joint Fact Finding
URL	http://heldref-publications.metapress....
Description	Representative Sherwood Boehlert quipped that Washington 'is a town where people say they are for science-based decision-making until the overwhelming scientific consensus leads to a politically inconvenient conclusion'. While a few in the scientific community or the public at large would disagree with this argument, a problem arises when parties involved in a dispute disagree on what science has found or on the very definition of 'sound science'. This article argues to move forward, we need to acknowledge the role politics plays in policy-making and adopt a new and better way of ensuring that both science and politics are given their due in public policy-making.
Authors / Editors	Karl, Herman A.; Susskind, Lawrence E.
Date Published	February 2007
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