Speaking out: Toward an institutional agenda for refashioning STS scholars as public intellectuals

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 730-753

  McKenzie Stevens, Sharon ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Audience; Institutional change; Public intellectualism; Science and technology studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349152714     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243907310162     Document Type: Article

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