Mobilizing science:movements, participation, and the remaking of knowledge
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Temple University Press,
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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. |