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Are there others? BTW, what about other social sciences? Just political science?? -- Doug On Mar 21, 2013, at 7:55 AM, Yosem Companys wrote: > WASHINGTON, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being > released by the American Political Science Association: > (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120604/DC18511LOGO-b ) > This afternoon, the United States Senate delivered a devastating blow to the > integrity of the scientific process at the National Science Foundation (NSF) > by voting for the Coburn Amendment to the Continuing Appropriations Act of > 2013. > Senator Coburn (R-OK) submitted an amendment (SA 65, as modified) to the > Mikulski-Shelby Amendment (SA 26) to H.R. 933 (Full-Year Continuing > Appropriations Act of 2013). The amendment places unprecedented restriction > on the national research agenda by declaring the political science study of > democracy and public policy out of bounds. The amendment allows only > political science research that promotes "national security or the economic > interests of the United States." > Adoption of this amendment is a gross intrusion into the widely-respected, > independent scholarly agenda setting process at NSF that has supported our > world-class national science enterprise for over sixty years. > The amendment creates an exceptionally dangerous slippery slope. While > political science research is most immediately affected, at risk is any and > all research in any and all disciplines funded by the NSF. The amendment > makes all scientific research vulnerable to the whims of political pressure. > Adoption of this amendment demonstrates a serious misunderstanding of the > breadth and importance of political science research for the national > interest and its integral place on the nation's interdisciplinary scientific > research agenda. > Singling out any one field of science is short-sighted and misguided, and > poses a serious threat to the independence and integrity of the National > Science Foundation. > And shackling political science within the national science agenda is a > remarkable embarrassment for the world's exemplary democracy. > For the latest in political science research in the news, follow us on > Facebook and Twitter. > About the American Political Science Association > Founded in 1903, the American Political Science Association is the leading > professional organization for the study of political science and serves more > than 15,000 members in over 80 countries. With a range of programs and > services for individuals, departments and institutions, APSA brings together > political scientists from all fields of inquiry, regions, and occupational > endeavors within and outside academe in order to expand awareness and > understanding of politics. > SOURCE American Political Science Association > > > RELATED LINKS > http://www.apsanet.org -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Douglas Schuler doug...@publicsphereproject.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Public Sphere Project http://www.publicsphereproject.org/ Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (project) http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/lv Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (book) http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11601
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