244 pp., xiv. NAP. Contributors: Editors: "The Social Contract for Science", pp. 1-41; Charles M. Vest, "Universities, the Public, and government: The State of the Partnership", pp. 42-58; Gerald Holton, "On Doing One's Damnedest: The Evolution of Trust in Scientific Findings", pp. 59-81; Patricia Woolf, "Integrity and Accountability in Research", pp. 82-100; Dorothy Nelkin, "The Public Face of Science: What Can We Learn from Disputes?", pp. 101-117; Daryl E. Chubin, "How Large an R&D Enterprise?", pp. 118-144; Phillip A. Sharp and Daniel Kleppner, "Views from the Benches: Funding Biomedical Research and the Physical Sciences", pp. 145-158; Harvey M. Sapolsky, "Financing Science after the Cold War", pp. 159-176; Peter Likins and Albert H. Teich, "Indirect Costs and the Government-University Partnership", pp. 177-193; Eugene B. Skolnikoff, "Research in U.S. Universities in a Technologically Competitive World", pp. 194-223; David A. Hamburg, "Conclusion: Construtive Responses to the Changing Social Context of University-Government Relations", pp. 224-233; Index, pp. 234-244. Shiny black and copper wraps with title lettering in copper over black across upper middle front cover. Several nugatory rubbing lines on covers, which look like caused by sliding book in a tight place on the storage shelf (NO discoloration, NO abrasive cuts, NO evidence of these lines on inside covers): describes much worse than it is; teeny tip of white at lower left spine corner and teenier at other cover corners. Tight binding (NO creases), corners sharp. No previous owner names; no remainder mark; no rubbing wear. Clean text. Despite nugatory peccadilloes, Book looks UNREAD. Inscribed by one editor, Kenneth Keniston, on half-title page: "- - - - (Ostensibly, colleague at MIT)/ My love, always / Ken".

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Title: The Fragile Contract: University Science and the Federal Government
Publisher: The MIT Press, Cambridge MA and London
Publication Date: 1994
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0262571072
ISBN 13: 9780262571074
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed and Inscribed by Editor

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Is there a crisis in the relations between research universities and the federal government? Is our system, which has been the most successful in the world, breaking down? The Fragile Contract brings together essays by scientists, university leaders, scholars, and seasoned science watchers from government agencies and nonprofit groups to address this issue. Neither advocacy nor polemic, it explores the social contexts for and influences on research in the university setting to encourage greater understanding of core issues by both politicians and scientists. The contributors offer concrete suggestions for building the foundation of a firmer contract that reflects current realities. The Fragile Contract appears at a time when congressional committees have openly questioned whether scientists are capable of policing fraud in their own ranks, and when fundamental agreements that have covered reimbursements to the universities throughout the post-World War II period have been called into question. It also addresses the problems of finding science after the Cold War and as well as the problems faced by universities in an international context. The Fragile Contract reveals that we are seeing not so much a crisis as a reflection of changing times: Neither science nor government is the same institution that it was when the modern social contract between the two was forged in the late 1940s. The authors agree that all parties must make major adjustments to the new environment, and research universities must become more active in promoting links to the local and national community.

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The Fragile Contract, David H. Guston and Kenneth Keniston - Universities, the Public, and the Government, Charles M. Vest - Doing One's Damnedest: The Evolution of Trust in Scientific Findings, Gerald Holton - Integrity and Accountability in Research, Patricia Woolf - The Public Faces of Science, Dorothy Nelkin - How Large an R&D Enterprise?: Reinventing the Government-University Compact, Daryl E. Chubin - Views from the Benches: Funding Biomedical Research and Funding the Physical Sciences, Phillip A. Sharp and Daniel Kleppner - Financing Science after the Cold War, Harvey M. Sapolsky - Indirect Costs and the Government-University Partnership, Peter Likins and Albert H. Teich - Science and Technology in Universities in a Technologically Competitive World, Eugene B. Skolnikoff - Concluding Remarks, David Hamburg

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David Guston is Professor and Founding Director of the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University, where he also serves as Codirector of the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes..

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