Government and research Thirty Years of Evolution /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kogan, Maurice (Editor), Henkel, Mary (Editor), Hanney, Steve (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Higher education dynamics, 11
• Subjects: Science.; Political science.; Philosophy and science.; Medicine.; Social policy.; Science, general.; Political Science.; Philosophy of Science.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Social Policy.

There has been a flare-up in interest in science policy and a key factor in this is the increased interest in analysing the role that research can play in informing policy making. A pioneering venture in this field was Government and Research: The Rothschild Experiment in a Government Department (19...

Table of Contents:

• Government and science
• Relationships between Government and Science
• Theories of Science and Science Policies
• Theories and Practice of Government
• The commissioning system in action
• The DHSS and the Research Management System
• Science and Macro Scientific Policy: the Case of the CSRC and the Intermediate Boards
• The Chief Scientist's Organisation and the Research Councils: the Case of the Panel on Medical Research and Relationships with the SSRC
• Research Liaison Groups and the Small Grants Committee: Two Contrasting Systems
• The Chief Scientist's Organisation and External Research Bases: the Case of the DHSS Research Units
• Review of Units and Scientific Merit: Chief Scientist's Visits
• Review of Units and Policy Relevance: the Customer Review
• Emerging processes and roles
• The Functions, Process and Impact of Research Commissioning
• Emerging Roles
• Policy after Rothschild and Generalisations.