Politics on the endless frontier: postwar research policy in the United States
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Book
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ISBN 10
082231598X
ISBN 13
9780822315988
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Publication Year
1995
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Pages
248
Subject
National Science Foundation (U.S.)--History
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Toward what end does the U.S. government support science and technology? How do the legacies and institutions of the past constrain current efforts to restructure federal research policy? Not since the end of World War II have these questions been so pressing, as scientists and policymakers debate anew the desirability and purpose of a federal agenda for funding research. Probing the values that have become embodied in the postwar federal research establishment, Kleinman clarifies the terms of these debates and reveals what is at stake in attempts to reorganize that establishment.--From Amazon
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