Impact of Organizing Around Rothschilds Alternative Policies

Impact of Organizing Around Rothschilds Alternative Policies

Rothschild’s Alternative Policies

Victor Rothschild published The Organization and Management of Government R&D as a report to the government in 1971. In this report, Rothschild presented a government reform on R&D management. Accordingly, the report stipulated that funding should be established on a “customer/contractor” basis. This implied that funding would be determined by the amount a customer requests based on the research output. The report led to the transfer of applied sciences funding from research councils to the “customers of Departments of the Government” in 1974. Subsequently, the implementation of the policies stipulated in the report impacted society.

One of Rothschild’s alternative policies with impacts is the customer/contractor basis for funding, and one aspect influenced by this policy is the relationship between the government and the scientific community. Unity was established in society between scientific community members and government departments. Once unity was established, scientific research awareness was spread amongst the society, and the importance of policy creation was also illustrated in the policy implementation. Additionally, the success points out the significance of policies’ establishment in society. Therefore, if the majority of people in the United States demanded and successfully reached these goals, it would promote change in society by addressing aspects of society that could be improved upon to promote unity in society. Accordingly, understanding and awareness would spread in society, promoting togetherness and development and causing social change.

“We can’t afford it?” challenge to policy reform.

Victor Rothschild’s approach to policy reform on a customer/contractor basis posed a lot of unrest due to the lack of funding. Establishing funding based on the customer’s estimation may surpass what the contractor can provide. Rothschild stipulated, “The customer says what he wants; the contractor does it (if he can); and the customer pays” (Calver & Parker, 2015). This illustrates that to the statement, “We can’t afford it?” the solution lies in the customer, whereby the research output will provide forces in the market, which in turn fund the government departments funding the research, subsequently indicating that the customer pays.

The Black Lives Matter Movement

The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is a social justice movement started by Opal Tometo, Khan-Culler, and Alicia Garza. The movement was established for social justice following the tragedies surrounding the unjust killing of multiple people of color without retribution. Consistently, the movement was started to address racism and violence targeting people of color (Carney, 2016). Accordingly, it is sufficing to say that BLM advocates social change through social justice activism, especially for people of color.

The significance of BLM addressing the specific struggles of black queer women

BLM movement promotes social change by advocating for social justice, especially for people of color. The aspects of social change include black liberation, freedom, and justice in relation to sexuality, gender, and race. Certain setbacks pertaining to these aspects include the liberation of black queer women. Further, many founding activists of BLM identify as queer activists, pointing out the oppression black queer women face, initiating their liberation and freedom (Peterson & Spencer, 2019). Liberation is challenging, especially for black queer women, who have many setbacks established in society; through BLM activism, gender, and sexual freedom and liberation are advocated for, promoting social justice.

References

Calver, N., & Parker, M. (2015). The logic of scientific unity? Medawar, the Royal Society and the Rothschild controversy 1971–72. Notes And Records: The Royal Society Journal Of The History Of Science, 70(1), 83-100. doi: 10.1098/rsnr.2015.0021

Carney, N. (2016). All Lives Matter, but so Does Race. Humanity & Society, 40(2), 180-199. doi: 10.1177/0160597616643868

Peterson, J., & Spencer, L. (2019). Black queer womanhood matters: searching for the queer herstory of Black Lives Matter in television dramas. Critical Studies In Media Communication, 36(4), 339-356. doi: 10.1080/15295036.2019.1607518

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Impact of Organizing Around Rothschilds Alternative Policies

What does Rothschild say to those who challenge his approach to policy reform with the familiar response, “We can’t afford it?”
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