Knowledge, policy, and expertise :
Material type: TextEdition: First editionDescription: xiii, 309 pagesISBN: 9780198294658; 0198294654Subject(s): Environmental policy | Climatic changes | Energy policy | Climatic changes | Environmental protection | Pollution | Climatic changes | Climatic changes | Energy policy | Environmental policy | Environmental protection | Pollution | Miljöpolitik | MiljöfrågorDDC classification: 363.700941 Summary: "Knowledge, policy, and expertise' examines the evolving role of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, and its influence on British environmental policy from its inception in 1970 to its closure in 2011. Drawing upon an extensive range of sources, this book provides the only full account of this influential body, and is a fascinating analysis of expertise and policy formation. 'Knowledge, policy, and expertise' provides a wider contribution to insights on expertise and advisory practices, offering a rich and detailed account of authority, autonomy, and trust, of the diverse roles that advisors can play, and draws important lessons about the nature of constructive interaction. Above all, it demonstrates the complexity and contingency of these interactions, contributing substantially to a theory of expertise, and drawing out important implications for the future of 'good advice."Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | GE190 .G7093 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0160914 | |
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"Knowledge, policy, and expertise' examines the evolving role of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, and its influence on British environmental policy from its inception in 1970 to its closure in 2011. Drawing upon an extensive range of sources, this book provides the only full account of this influential body, and is a fascinating analysis of expertise and policy formation. 'Knowledge, policy, and expertise' provides a wider contribution to insights on expertise and advisory practices, offering a rich and detailed account of authority, autonomy, and trust, of the diverse roles that advisors can play, and draws important lessons about the nature of constructive interaction. Above all, it demonstrates the complexity and contingency of these interactions, contributing substantially to a theory of expertise, and drawing out important implications for the future of 'good advice."
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