Courting Science: Securing the Foundation for a Second American Century

Synopsis

In Courting Science, Damon Coletta Offers A Novel Explanation For The Decline Of American Leadership In World Affairs. Whether The American Century Ends Sooner Rather Than Later May Depend On America's Capacity For Self-reflection And, Ultimately, Self-restraint When It Comes To Science, Technology, And Engineering. Democracy's Affinity For Advanced Technology Has To Be Balanced Against Scientific Research And Progress As A Global Enterprise. In An Era Of Rising Challengers To America's Lead In The International Order And An Increasingly Globalized Civil Society, A Scientific State Has A Better Chance Of Extending Its Dominance. In Order To Draw Closer To This Ideal, Though, The United States Will Have To Reconsider Its Grand Strategy. It Must Have A Strategy That Scrutinizes How Tightly It Constrains, How Narrowly It Directs, And How Far It Trusts American Scientists. If Given The Opportunity, Scientists Have The Potential To Lead A Second American Century Through Domestic Science And Technology Policy, International Diplomacy, And Transnational Networks For Global Governance. -- From Back Cover. A Second American Century -- Science And The Hegemon : Speaking Truth To Power -- Power, Polarity, And Hegemony In The Twenty-first Century -- Science And The American State : Mobilizing Democracy -- Science And Diplomacy : U.s. Hegemony And The Rise Of The Rest -- Science And Global Governance At The Final Frontier -- Science, Grand Strategy, And Prospects For American Influence. Damon V. Coletta. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.