Science policy from Ford to Reagan : change and continuity /

By:

Barfield, Claude E

Material type: Text

TextSeries: American Enterprise Institute studies in fiscal policyPublication details: Washington, D.C. : American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, c1982.Description: xvi, 142 p. :illISBN:

0844734942 (pbk.)
0844734950

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

353.0085'5 BAR

LOC classification:

Q127.U6 B27 1982

Summary: This study analyses the US federal science policies, as developed under the administration of Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan; he focuses on four significant areas -basic research, defence R and D, energy R and D and space R and D. Though the study reveals that there is continuity through the various administrations, it also demonstrates shifts in priorities. The Reagan administration, for example, has focused attention on those basic science projects seen to be likely to contribute to long-term productivity and to economic growth; this has led to an increased emphasis on "hard" sciences such as physics, chemistry and basic engineering. The study also reports a shift under Reagan from energy conservation to energy production; projects on renewable resources have been down-graded whilst support for nuclear programmes has substantially increased. Currently no less than 66% of the energy research and development federal budget is devoted to the nuclear energy programmes. Expenditure on defence-related R and D has also increased and now exceeds 60% of total federal research and development undertakings.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Monograph & others	CBN HQ Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	353.0085'5 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31008100499058

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This study analyses the US federal science policies, as developed under the administration of Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan; he focuses on four significant areas -basic research, defence R and D, energy R and D and space R and D. Though the study reveals that there is continuity through the various administrations, it also demonstrates shifts in priorities. The Reagan administration, for example, has focused attention on those basic science projects seen to be likely to contribute to long-term productivity and to economic growth; this has led to an increased emphasis on "hard" sciences such as physics, chemistry and basic engineering. The study also reports a shift under Reagan from energy conservation to energy production; projects on renewable resources have been down-graded whilst support for nuclear programmes has substantially increased. Currently no less than 66% of the energy research and development federal budget is devoted to the nuclear energy programmes. Expenditure on defence-related R and D has also increased and now exceeds 60% of total federal research and development undertakings.

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