Science for the post-normal age
| dc.contributor.author | Funtowicz, S. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Ravetz, J. R. | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebase | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-19T18:56:11Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2016-04-19T18:56:11Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 1993 | en |
| dc.description | Metadata only record | en |
| dc.description.abstract | In response to the challenges of policy issues of risk and the environment, a new type of science - "post normal" - is emerging. This is analysed in contrast to traditional problem-solving strategies, including core science, applied science, and professional consultancy. We use the two attributes of systems uncertainties and decision stakes to distinguish among these. Post-normal science is appropriate when either attribute is high; then the traditional methodologies are ineffective. In those circumstances, the quality assurance of scientific inputs to the policy process requires an "extended peer community" consisting of all those with a stake in the dialogue on the issue. Post-normal science can provide a path to the democratization of science, and also a response to the current tendencies to post-modernity. | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | en |
| dc.identifier | 1411 | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Futures 27(9): 739-755 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0016-3287 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/66118 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd. | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.holder | Copyright 1993 Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd. | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | Vulnerability and risk | en |
| dc.subject | Post-normal science | en |
| dc.subject | Problem solving | en |
| dc.subject | Uncertainty | en |
| dc.subject | Quality | en |
| dc.subject | Applied science | en |
| dc.subject | Professional consultancy | en |
| dc.subject | Extended peer communities | en |
| dc.subject | Computer models | en |
| dc.title | Science for the post-normal age | en |
| dc.type | Abstract | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |