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With clarity and grace, Stephen Bocking tackles the complicated question of the role of scientific expertise in environmental policy making. Natures Experts is a timely and important book.'David H. Guston, author of Between Politics and Science: Assuring the Integrity and Productivity of Research'This book by Stephen Bocking is as much about deliberative democracy as it is about science and the environment. Stephen Bockings treatment is deep, perceptive, and profoundly wise. He has caught the heart of present and future environmental science, politics, and democratic governance.'C. S. Holling, The Resilience Alliance and emeritus professor, Arthur R. Marshall Jr. Chair in Ecological Sciences at the University of Florida'If knowledge is power, how should expert advice be deployed by a wouldbe democratic society? This perennial question is newly illuminated by this timely and wideranging review of the role played by science in the making of environmental policy.'William C. Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of GovernmentIt seems selfevident that science plays a central role in environmental affairs. Regulatory agencies, businesses, and public interest groups all draw on scientific research to support their claims. Some critics, however, describe science not as the solution to environmental problems, but as their source. Moreover, the science itself is often controversial, as debates over global warming and environmental health risks have shown.Natures Experts explores the contributions and challenges presented when scientific authority enters the realm of environmental affairs. Stephen Bocking focuses on four major areas of environmental politics: the formation of environmental values and attitudes, management of natural resources such as forests and fish, efforts to address international environmental issues such as climate change, and decisions relating to environmental and health risks. In each area, practical examples and case studies illustrate that science must fulfill two functions if it is to contribute to resolving environmental controversies. First, science must be relevant and credible, and second, it must be democratic, where everyone has access to the information they need to present and defend their views.
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