Funding Science in America: Congress, Universities, and the Politics of the Academic Pork Barrel

ISBN-13: 9780521794619 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 234 str.

James D. Savage

Opis

Since the 1950s, the federal government has relied on the peer review system for funding academic science. Peer review, however, is under attack for being a biased system that helps rich research universities get richer. As a remedy for these biases, university presidents and members of Congress have turned to the earmarking of science projects and facilities in the federal budget. Funding Science in America explores both the pros and the cons of the academic earmarking issue and explains why this issue has caused a rift within the nation's science community.

Recenzje

"Tho book is well grounded in social science theory, but it is alson rich with detail and alive with the realities of Washington politics...a must read for anyone who wants to understand government-university relations in the contemporary political environment." uTech & Culture Jul. 01

Spis treści

Preface; 1. The politics of academic earmarking; 2. The incentives to earmark; 3. AAU and the fight against earmarking; 4. The struggle to fund academic research facilities; 5. Lobbyists, lobbying, and the pursuit of academic earmarks; 6. Congress and the distribution of academic earmarks; 7. Congress, and the president, and the fight against earmarking; 8. The future of academic earmarking; Notes; Selected bibliography.