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dc.contributor.authorCzech, B.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-23T06:04:42Z
dc.date.available2020-09-23T06:04:42Z
dc.date.issued1997-05-01
dc.identifier.citationCzech, B. (1997). Viewpoint: The importance of range science to federal grazing policy. Journal of Range Management, 50(3), 326-328.
dc.identifier.issn0022-409X
dc.identifier.doi10.2307/4003738
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/644202
dc.description.abstractThe value of science to policy design is questioned by many, including political scientists. Critics view scientific expertise as subject to monopolization by an elite technocracy; a process with antidemocratic consequences. Science has been influential in the development of federal grazing policy by creating the Clementsian paradigm, by affecting the policy agenda, and by defining terms of discussion. Science has been less influential in the implementation of grazing policy. In contrast with many policy issues, science is important to sound grazing policy, because western rangelands are isolated from the thought process of the general public by geographic, demographic, and temporal features. In America, good policy is that which solves important problems and fosters democracy. Democratic forums in which grazing policies are born are enlightened by the disciplined competency of science. More than any other form of knowing, science represents concentrated, devoted study of a topic. Range science should provide the basis of public information and opinion that is converted, via the political process, into federal grazing policy.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSociety for Range Management
dc.relation.urlhttps://rangelands.org/
dc.rightsCopyright © Society for Range Management.
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectdecision making
dc.subjectissues and policy
dc.subjectdemocracy
dc.subjectrange management
dc.subjectgrazing
dc.titleViewpoint: The importance of range science to federal grazing policy
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dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Range Management
dc.description.collectioninformationThe Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.
dc.eprint.versionFinal published version
dc.description.admin-noteMigrated from OJS platform August 2020
dc.source.volume50
dc.source.issue3
dc.source.beginpage326-328
refterms.dateFOA2020-09-23T06:04:42Z


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