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Science Policy Studies: Retrospect and Prospect

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Science under Scrutiny

Part of the book series: Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science ((AUST,volume 3))

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Study of the relationship between science, technology and society (SSTS) is an element of the discipline of History and Philosophy of Science that has experienced remarkable growth in recent years. Undergraduate and graduate courses have proliferated, research units have been set up, specialised societies and journals established and an enormous body of literature created. There is no doubt that the stimulus for these developments in SSTS was provided by the massive governmental involvement in scientific and technological activities that took place in the 1950s and 1960s. By the mid-1960s, the need for disciplined inquiry into the social, economic and political implications of the growth of science and technology in advanced industrial societies was obvious, and SSTS as a new subdiscipline developed because the established disciplines were unequal to the task.

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    Jarlath Ronayne

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Ronayne, J. (1983). Science Policy Studies: Retrospect and Prospect. In: Home, R.W. (eds) Science under Scrutiny. Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7672-7_6

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