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Provides an overview of the Oregon state's politics and government. This title explains how the divide between progressives and conservative populists defines Oregon politics today.

Recent partisan squabbles over science in the news are indicative of a larger tendency for scientific research and practice to get entangled in major ideological divisions in the public arena. This politicization of science is deepened by the key role government funding plays in scientific research and development, the market leading position of U.S.-based science and technology firms, and controversial U.S. exports (such as genetically modifi...

This book poses the question of whether identifiable individual-level attributes (e.g., values, interests, knowledge, demographic characteristics) lead to support for or opposition to the development and implementation of alternative energy technologies. In recent years, attempts to site alternative energy technologies (e.g., wind, solar, wave) have been met by intense opposition from a variety of sources, including many environmentalists from...

This debate considers differing philosophical and normative views about the natural environment and human relationship to that environment. It provides an analysis of public values and philosophical views about the environment from an interdisciplinary perspective.

The political cultural of Oregon has long had a reputation for innovative policy, maverick politicians, and independent political thought, but instead of using the term "progressive" to describe the state's political leanings, the editors of Oregon Politics and Government believe a more accurate descriptor would be "schizophrenic, " Oregon Politics and Government provides not only an overview of the state's politics and government, it also exp...