Do electrons have politics? Constructing user identities in Swedish electricity

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 486-511

  Summerton, Jane ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swed Natl Rd/Transp Res Inst   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Branding; Electricity; Infrastructures; Technoscience; Users

Indexed keywords

EID: 4744342951     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243904264487     Document Type: Article

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