Technical Adversarialism and Participatory Collaboration in the U.S. Chemical Weapons Disposal Program

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 451-482

  Futrell, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical weapons; Collaboration; Democracy; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141751738     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243903252762     Document Type: Review

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