The Public Nature of Science under Assault Politics, Markets, Science and the Law /

• Main Authors: Nowotny, ,Helga (Author), Pestre, Dominique (Author), Schmidt-Aßmann, Eberhard (Author), Schulze-Fielitz, Helmuth (Author), Trute, Hans-Heinrich (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Law.; History.; Law > Philosophy.; Fundamentals of Law.; History of Science.

Science has development from a self-evident public good to being highly valued in other contexts for different reasons: strengthening the economic competitiveness and, especially in high-tech fields, as a financial investment for future gains. This has been accompanied by a shift from public to priv...