Reason, Politics, and the Politics of Truth: How Science Is Both Autonomous and Dependent

Sociological Theory

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 106-122

  Brown, Richard Harvey ^a   Malone, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 1842615095     PISSN: 07352751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9558.2004.00206.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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