Naslov
How do the key actors of science governance perceive science?

Autori
Prpić, Katarina ; Šuljok, Adrijana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstract Book - 8th Annual Conference of the European Sociological Association Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society, Glasgow, 3rd - 6th September, 2007 / - , 2007

Skup
8th Annual Conference of the European Sociological Association "Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society"

Mjesto i datum
Glasgow, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 03.09.2007. - 06.09.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
public perceptions of science; politicians; managers; empirical study

Sažetak
While surveys of the public perceptions of science - in spite of their often criticised approach - have been carried out for decades, empirical studies of the views of the key actors of science and technology policies have been extremly rare. Yet studying the perceptions of science among the power elites seems to be crucial for sociological understanding of the actual as well as desirable, a more parcipatory, governance of science in contemporary societies. Sociologically, it is not questionable whether top politicians and managers are the most powerful actors and players of the governance of science and technology. For that reason a comparative study of their views of science was done in Croatia. The samples consisted of: a) leading politicians from the legislative and executive bodies at the national and regional level ; b) top managers of one forth of large Croatian companies. The elites' views of the social implications and cognitive capacities of science were examined with a help of the same battery of questions. We will compare the hierachies of politicians' and managers' perceptions, latent dimensions of these perceptions and their inner social differentation. Whenever possible, comparisons with the results of an earlier study of public's and scientists' perceptions of science will be made.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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