Basic and Applied Research

David Kaldewey is professor for science studies and science policy at the University of Bonn and co-spokesperson of the Rhine Ruhr Center for Science Communication Research. He holds a doctorate in sociology from Bielefeld University. He has published widely on the changing relationship of science, society, and politics. His research interests include the identity work of scientists and science policy makers, the crisis of truth as a challenge to science communication, and the sociology of universities in world society.

• List of FiguresPrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Why Do Concepts Matter in Science Policy?Désirée Schauz and David KaldeweyPART I: GENEALOGIES OF SCIENCE POLICY DISCOURSESChapter 1. Categorizing Science in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century BritainRobert BudChapter 2. Professional Devotion, National Needs, Fascist Claims, and Democratic Virtues: The Language of Science Policy in GermanyDésirée Schauz and Gregor LaxChapter 3. Transforming Pure Science into Basic Research: The Language of Science Policy in the United StatesDavid Kaldewey and Désirée SchauzPART II: CONCEPTUAL SYNCHRONIZATION AND CULTURAL VARIATIONChapter 4. Fundamental Research and New Scientific Arrangements for the Development of Britain’s Colonies after 1940Sabine ClarkeChapter 5. Basic Research in the Max Planck Society: Science Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1945–1970Carola SachseChapter 6. Beyond the Basic/Applied Distinction?: The Scientific-Technological Revolution in the German Democratic Republic, 1945–1989Manuel SchrammChapter 7. Applied Science in Stalin’s Time: Hungary, 1945–1953György PéteriChapter 8. Theory Attached to Practice: Chinese Debates over Basic Research from Thought Remolding to the Bomb, 1949–1966Zuoyue WangPART III: OUTLOOKChapter 9. The Language of Science Policy in the Twenty-First Century: What Comes after Basic and Applied Research?Tim Flink and David KaldeweyIndexes

“Overall, this edited collection represents a greatly enriching contribution to conceptual history that raises questions of methodology and concepts and analyses these successfully from various national perspectives.” • NTM History of Science, Technology & Medicine“The great merit of the editors’ pluralist approach is that they allow a range of distinguished international contributors free rein to discuss the topics in depth for the United States, Germany, and Britain, with invaluable comparative discussion of Hungary and China too…a rich and intriguing Collection.” • Isis“This is an important and timely contribution to the conceptual history of science in the twentieth century, with a laudably thorough discussion of methodological and conceptual concerns.” • Julian Bauer, European University Association“Concepts reflect ideologies and policies as much as they shape them, bridging the gap between expectations and reality. This transnational probe into the "basic/applied" rhetoric of science policy discourse is a unique and overdue analysis that will contribute to our understanding of past and present relations among science, innovation and the political contexts in which they develop.” • Peter Weingart, Bielefeld University