Mobilizing science :

McCormick, Sabrina.

Mobilizing science : movements, participation, and the remaking of knowledge / Sabrina McCormick. - Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2009. - 212 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

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.

9781439900093 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1439900094 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2008048817


Science and state--Citizen participation.
Technology and state--Citizen participation.
Science--Decision making--Citizen participation.
Technology--Decision making--Citizen participation.

Q125 / .M416 2009

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