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Title: Making Pandora's Box: The Politics of Science Funding

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2020

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Abstract: How do politics influence the geographic distribution of science funding? I investigate this question in the context of presidential politics. Science policy scholars endeavor to develop a systems-level understanding—using empirical data and quantitative analysis—of how governments make decisions about science. In the United States, one of the most important decisions that governments make is the allocation of federal funding from agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation to researchers and universities. Science policy scholars typically explain the distribution of science funding through scientists’ or universities’ merit. I challenge these explanations’ assumption that presidential politics does not play a role. I use the theory of presidential particularism to examine the role that presidential politics plays in the distribution of science funding. The allocation of science funding is a . . .

Url: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3667&context=all_dissertations

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Authors: Allard, Grant A

Institution: Clemson University

Department: Policy Studies

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