Mobilizing science:movements, participation, and the remaking of knowledge

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: McCormick Sabrina
Published: Temple University Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: 212 p.: ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9781439900093 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1439900094 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Index Number: G321
CLC: G321
Call Number: G321/M131
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-204) and index.
Democratizing science movements: conditions for success and failure -- The environmental breast cancer movement and the scientific basis for contestation -- Dam impacts and anti-dam protest -- Government institutions and corporate interests: instigating movement challenge -- Democratizing science -- Democratizing science as a mechanism of co-optation -- Long-term struggles and uncertain futures -- A case for making science accountable.