The disunity of consensus:: International population policy coordination as socio-technical practice

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 783-807

  Halfon, Saul ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus; Demographic surveys; Epistemic community; International politics; Population policy; Socio technical network; Women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748433771     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312706059745     Document Type: Article

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