Deliberations on the unknown, the unsensed, and the unsayable? Public protests and the development of third-generation mobile phones in Sweden

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-314

  Soneryd, Linda ^a  

^a Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

3G; Deliberation; Electrosensitivity; Public protest; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147209752     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243906298352     Document Type: Article

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