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The fragile contract : university science and the federal government
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The fragile contract : university science and the federal government

Author: David H Guston; Kenneth Keniston
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1994.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: [études diverses]
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David H Guston; Kenneth Keniston
ISBN: 0262071614 9780262071611 0262571072 9780262571074
OCLC Number: 30624193
Description: xiv, 244 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: the social contract for science --
Universities, the public, and the government: the state of the partnership --
On doing one's damnedest: the evolution of trust in scientific findings --
Integrity and accountability in research --
The public face of science: what can we learn from disputes? --
How large an R & D enterprise? --
Views from the benches: funding biomedical research and the physical sciences --
Financing science after the Cold War --
Indirect costs and the government-university partnership --
Research in U.S. universities in a technologically competitive world --
Conclusion: constructive responses to the changing social context of university-government relations.
Responsibility: edited by David H. Guston and Kenneth Keniston.

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