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1990, Oceanography 3(2):62–63, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1990.13
BOOKS & VIDEO | Review of A Fragile Power: Scientists and the State, by C. Mukerji
Book Information | Reviewer | First Paragraph | Full Review | Citation
Book Information
A Fragile Power: Scientists and the State
By Chandra Mukerji, Princeton University Press, 1989, 253 pages, $24.95
Reviewer
Andrew G. Dickson | Marine Physical Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA
First Paragraph
What does the state expect for its research dollars? What intellectual and political compromises does a scientist make by seeking government grants or contracts? Do such questions haunt you as you write your final reports, your new proposals? Perhaps they should. In her recent book, Chandra Mukerji, professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego, studies oceanographers as paradigms of soft-money scientists at large (those who seek government funds to further their research, not solely those whose salary depends on such funds) and concludes that most scientists delude themselves as to the extent of their individual scientific autonomy—that scientists have sold their "voice" for a mess of pottage.
Full Review
Citation
Dickson, A.G. 1990. Review of A Fragile Power: Scientists and the State, by C. Mukerji. Oceanography 3(2):62–63, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1990.13.