STS and the City: Politics and practices of hope

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 713-734

  Coutard, Olivier ^a   Guy, Simon ^b  

^a Universite Paris Est   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingency; Infrastructure networks; Politics of hope; Technology studies; Urban studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548967975     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243907303600     Document Type: Article

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