Science and ideology. A comparative history

Does science work best in a democracy? Was ´Soviet´ or ´Nazi´ science fundamentally different from science in the USA? These questions have been passionately debated in the recent past. Particular developments in science took place under particular political regimes, but they may or may not have been directly determined by them."Science and Ideology" brings together a number of comparative case studies to examine the relationship between science and the dominant ideology of a state. The collection provides a comparative history of scientific policies and practices in the 20th century.