The Social Integration of Science

Dr. Gotthard Bechmann; Prof. Dr. Vitaly Gorokhov; Prof. Dr. Nico Stehr

doi:10.5771/9783845271125

Summary

Die gegenwärtige Diskussion um die gesellschaftliche Rolle der Wissenschaft ist geprägt von unterschiedlichen, manchmal sich auch widersprechenden Erwartungen. Die stärkere Einbindung der Wissenschaft in den gesellschaftlichen Kontext und die Forderung nach praktischer Relevanz sind Ausdruck der gewandelten gesellschaftlichen Funktion der Wissenschaft und gleichzeitig Ausgangspunkt der wissenschaftlichen Reflexion über ihr Verhältnis zur Gesellschaft. Eine Folge dieser Entwicklung ist die Herausbildung einer neuen Form der Wissenschaftsregulierung: Wissenspolitik. Wissenspolitik stellt heute ein neues Politikfeld dar, bei dem es um die Rolle der Wissenschaft in der Gesellschaft, um neue Regeln der Wissensanwendung und um die Sanktion eines möglichen Wissensmissbrauchs geht. Den damit verbundenen Veränderungen der Wissenschaftsproduktion wird in diesem Band auf drei Ebenen nachgegangen. Auf der Ebene der gesellschaftlichen Integration in das System der politischen Regulierung (Wissenspolitik), auf der Ebene der Steuerung der Wissenschaft (Governance) und auf der Ebene neuer Forschungsfelder und des Entstehens einer problem-orientierten, transdisziplinären Forschung.

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Publication year: 2009
Publication date: 01.09.2009
ISBN-Print: 978-3-89404-942-3
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-7112-5
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Gesellschaft - Technik - Umwelt
Volume: 12
Language: English
Pages: 312
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 8
Gotthard Bechmann, Vitaly Gorokhov, Nico Stehr
1. 1 Knowledge and information society No access Gotthard Bechmann, Vitaly Gorokhov, Nico Stehr
2. 2 Changing knowledge production in science No access Gotthard Bechmann, Vitaly Gorokhov, Nico Stehr
3. 3 Knowledge politics No access Gotthard Bechmann, Vitaly Gorokhov, Nico Stehr
4. 4 Decision-oriented science No access Gotthard Bechmann, Vitaly Gorokhov, Nico Stehr
5. 5 Knowledge and information No access Gotthard Bechmann, Vitaly Gorokhov, Nico Stehr
6. 6 Communication and knowledge No access Gotthard Bechmann, Vitaly Gorokhov, Nico Stehr
7. 7 Knowledge is self-multiplying No access Gotthard Bechmann, Vitaly Gorokhov, Nico Stehr
8. 8 Knowledge as a capacity to act No access Gotthard Bechmann, Vitaly Gorokhov, Nico Stehr
9. 9 The sociology of knowledge and science No access Gotthard Bechmann, Vitaly Gorokhov, Nico Stehr
10. 10 About this volume No access Gotthard Bechmann, Vitaly Gorokhov, Nico Stehr
1. Vyacheslav Stepin
  1. 1 Science as a civilisation phenomenon No access Vyacheslav Stepin
  2. 2 Principles of science and their structure No access Vyacheslav Stepin
  3. 3 From classical to post-non-classical science No access Vyacheslav Stepin
2. Thomas Heinze
  1. Introduction No access Thomas Heinze
  2. 1 The concept of “structural coupling” No access Thomas Heinze
  3. 2 Indicators for science-based technologies No access Thomas Heinze
  4. 3 Organisations and functional systems No access Thomas Heinze
  5. 4 Interorganisational networks No access Thomas Heinze
  6. 5 Conclusion No access Thomas Heinze
3. Gerd Schienstock
  1. Introduction No access Gerd Schienstock
  2. 1 Technical regimes and path dependency No access Gerd Schienstock
  3. 2 Evolving new paths and path creation No access Gerd Schienstock
  4. 3 Path change out of path dependency No access Gerd Schienstock
  5. 4 The communities of practice concept and the niche concept No access Gerd Schienstock
  6. 5 New technological paradigms and path creation No access Gerd Schienstock
  7. 6 Conclusion No access Gerd Schienstock
4. Gotthard Bechmann
  1. Introduction No access Gotthard Bechmann
  2. 1 The changing organisation of research No access Gotthard Bechmann
  3. 2 The political function of research No access Gotthard Bechmann
  4. 3 Problem- and programme-oriented research No access Gotthard Bechmann
  5. 4 Scientific advice and political decision No access Gotthard Bechmann
  6. 5 Climate research as an example of transdisciplinary science No access Gotthard Bechmann
  7. 6 Summary No access Gotthard Bechmann
1. Nico Stehr
  1. 1 Science policy and knowledge politics No access Nico Stehr
  2. 2 Knowledge politics explained No access Nico Stehr
  3. 3 On the origins of modern knowledge politics No access Nico Stehr
  4. 4 The governance of knowledge No access Nico Stehr
  5. 5 Concluding observations No access Nico Stehr
2. Armin Grunwald
  1. Introduction and overview No access Armin Grunwald
  2. Armin Grunwald
    1. 1.1 Visions accompanying the career of nanotechnology No access Armin Grunwald
    2. 1.2 Visions, Leitbilder, and science fiction No access Armin Grunwald
    3. 1.3 Characteristics of futuristic visions No access Armin Grunwald
  3. Armin Grunwald
    1. 2.1 Converging technologies for improving human performance No access Armin Grunwald
    2. 2.2 Occasions of choice and need for orientation No access Armin Grunwald
  4. Armin Grunwald
    1. 3.1 Functions of visionary future communication No access Armin Grunwald
    2. 3.2 The ambivalence of futuristic visions No access Armin Grunwald
    3. 3.3 The orientation dilemma No access Armin Grunwald
  5. Armin Grunwald
    1. 4.1 The need for vision assessment No access Armin Grunwald
    2. 4.2 Vision assessment – an outline No access Armin Grunwald
  6. 5 Conclusions No access Armin Grunwald
3. Thomas Brante
  1. 1 Science as classification and explanation No access Thomas Brante
  2. 2 Classification of mental disorders: the DSM No access Thomas Brante
  3. 3 Explanation of mental disorders: neuropsychiatry No access Thomas Brante
  4. 4 Conclusion: the troublesome tension between classification and explanation No access Thomas Brante
4. Jacquelyne Luce
  1. 1 Regulatory borders No access Jacquelyne Luce
  2. 2 Assisted conception and governance No access Jacquelyne Luce
  3. 3 Images of donor insemination No access Jacquelyne Luce
  4. 4 Regulating access – donor semen and/or insemination services No access Jacquelyne Luce
  5. 5 1980-1999: Cross-border reproductive relations No access Jacquelyne Luce
  6. 6 Regulatory effects No access Jacquelyne Luce
  7. 7 Policy implications No access Jacquelyne Luce
  8. 8 Reflections: Assisted Human Reproduction Act 2004 No access Jacquelyne Luce
1. Victor Danilov-Danil’yan
  1. 1 The content of the concept of sustainable development – sustainability and survival No access Victor Danilov-Danil’yan
  2. 2 Aspects of sustainable development No access Victor Danilov-Danil’yan
  3. 3 Sustainability of the biota and sustainability of civilisation No access Victor Danilov-Danil’yan
  4. 4 Sustainability mechanisms in civilisation No access Victor Danilov-Danil’yan
  5. 5 Optimality or sustainability? No access Victor Danilov-Danil’yan
  6. 6 Towards a definition of sustainable development No access Victor Danilov-Danil’yan
  7. Victor Danilov-Danil’yan
    1. 7.1 Socio-medical aspect of stability No access Victor Danilov-Danil’yan
    2. 7.2 The humanitarian aspect of stability No access Victor Danilov-Danil’yan
    3. 7.3 Interrelationship of the three aspects of stability No access Victor Danilov-Danil’yan
    4. 7.4 Anticipating the consequences of the use of technology is more important than the technology itself No access Victor Danilov-Danil’yan
    5. 7.5 The ordinary consciousness and the problem of sustainability No access Victor Danilov-Danil’yan
    6. 7.6 The role of science, education and moral training in the transition to sustainable development No access Victor Danilov-Danil’yan
2. Vitaly Gorokhov
  1. 1 Galileo’s new science and technological development No access Vitaly Gorokhov
  2. 2 From a geometric scheme to physical processes and from the latter to a design diagram No access Vitaly Gorokhov
  3. 3 The natural and the artificial No access Vitaly Gorokhov
  4. 4 Conclusion No access Vitaly Gorokhov
3. Jost Halfmann, Falk Schützenmeister
  1. Introduction No access Jost Halfmann, Falk Schützenmeister
  2. 1 Air pollution and the rise of atmospheric chemistry No access Jost Halfmann, Falk Schützenmeister
  3. 2 Chemistry of the global atmosphere – ozone hole and climate change No access Jost Halfmann, Falk Schützenmeister
  4. 3 Conclusion No access Jost Halfmann, Falk Schützenmeister
Authors No access Pages 307 - 312