ABSTRACT
This book offers the first comparative account of the changes and stabilities of public perceptions of science within the US, France, China, Japan, and across Europe over the past few decades. The contributors address the influence of cultural factors; the question of science and religion and its influence on particular developments (e.g. stem cell research); and the demarcation of science from non-science as well as issues including the ‘incommensurability’ versus ‘cognitive polyphasia’ and the cognitive (in)tolerance of different systems of knowledge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|99 pages
Longitudinal Analysis
part II|77 pages
Cross-National Comparisons
part III|84 pages
Measurement Issues
part IV|74 pages
Cultural Aspects of Sensitive Topics
part V|90 pages
Complementary Data Streams