| dc.contributor.author | Gupta, Anil K. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-10-13T11:47:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-10-13T11:47:58Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 1999 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999-10-13T11:47:58Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11718/9612 | |
| dc.description | International Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 2, No. 3, (1999), pp. 368-371 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The communication among scientists, policy makers, public policy analysts and the
common people in society is often fraught with ambiguity, anxiety and some times clear
confusion. Not to mention the times when it is very clear. For instance most people who
follow non-sustainable life styles genuinely believe (and some scientists whom they
prefer to hear, endorse that), that science will find remedies for treating all the waste they
create, and generate new sources of energy after non-renewable sources are exhausted.
The clarity of communication among various stakeholders is not just a function of
message though that is quite important. Several barriers to effective communication
among various stakeholders influencing discourse on science and society are: | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Public Policy | en |
| dc.subject | Science | en |
| dc.subject | Sustainability | en |
| dc.subject | Articulation | en |
| dc.title | Science, sustainability and social purpose: barriers to effective articulation, dialogue and utilization of formal and informal science in public policy | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
