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Science, Technology and Public Affairs
Class 2 – January 26: Historical Roots
McNeill, William H., The Pursuit of Power (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press), 1982. Chapter 7, "The Initial
Industrialization of War," pp. 223-261.
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Rosenberg, Charles, No
Other Gods: On Science and American Social Thought (Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins University Press) 1976 (orig. pub'd 1961). Chapter 8,
"Science and Social Values in Nineteenth-Century America: A Case Study
in the Growth of Scientific Institutions," pp. 135-152.
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Class 3 – February 2: Policy Foundations and Political
History
Ehlers, Vern,
Unlocking Our Future: Toward a New National Science Policy, 1998, at:
http://www.house.gov/science/science_policy_report.htm.
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Brooks, Harvey, The
Evolution of U.S. Science Policy, in B. Smith and C. Barfield (eds.),
Technology, R&D, and the Economy, Washington, DC: Brookings
Institution, 1995, p. 15-47.
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Class 4 – February 9: Philosophies of Science Policy
Guston, David H., Retiring the Social Contract for Science, Issues in
Science and Technology, Summer 2000, at:
http://www.nap.edu/issues/16.4/p_guston.htm.
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Class 7 – March 2: Technology policy
Clinton, William J. and
Albert Gore, Jr., Technology for America's Economic Growth, A New
Direction to Build Economic Strength, 36 p. February 22, 1993,
http://simr02.si.ehu.es/DOCS/nearnet.gnn.com/mag/10_93/articles/clinton/clinton.tech.html.
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Class 10 – March 30: Science, Technology, and
Development
Acemodlu, D., S. Johnson,
and J. Robinson, The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An
Empirical Investigation, American Economic Review 91(5):
1369-1401, 2001, @
http://www.tau.ac.il/~reshefar/eco_a/Acemoglu.pdf.
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Dahlman, Carl J. and
Richard Nelson. "Social Absorption Capability, National Innovation
Systems and Economic Development." Social capability and long term
economic growth. Eds. Bon-Ho Koo and Dwight Perkins (eds). New York:
St. Martin's Press; London: Macmillan Press, 1995. 82-122.
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Class 11 – April 6: Issues in Science and Technology
Policy: The GM Food Debate
Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety, Text of the Protocol: Article 11. Procedure for Living
Modified Organisms Intended for Direct Use as Food or Feed, or for
Processing. http://www.biodiv.org/biosafety/articles.asp?1g=0&a=bsp-11.
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Class 12 – April 13: Issues in Science and
Technology Policy: Intellectual Property
US Dept. of Agriculture,
Why USDA’s Technology Protection System (aka “Terminator”) Benefits
Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service News and Information,
December 2001, at: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/br/tps/.
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Rural Advancement
Foundation International, Terminator Two Years Later, Communique, Feb.
25, 2000, at: http://www.etcgroup.org/documents/com_suicideseeds.pdf.
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Drahos, Peter and John Braithwaite, Who Owns the Knowledge Economy? Political Organising Behind TRIPS.
Corner House Briefing Paper 32, 2004.
http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk/item.shtml?x=85821.
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