The New Politics of Science

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The New Politics of Science is a 1984 book by David Dickson. The book is about the political relationships which affect science funding. Dickson argues that decisions about science are becoming concentrated in a closed circle of corporate, banking, and military leaders and that America's scientific enterprise is being steadily removed from public decision-making. [1] [2]

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Dickson was Washington correspondent for the British weekly journal Nature and European correspondent for the journal Science. [1]

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  1. 1 2 The New Politics of Science. David Dickson. New York: Pantheon, 1984
  2. The New Politics of Science