Representing uncertainty in global climate change science and policy: Boundary-ordering devices and authority

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-302

  Shackley, Simon ^a   Wynne, Brian ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030489326     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016224399602100302     Document Type: Article

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