From "politico-scientists" to democratizing science movements: The changing climate of citizens and science

Organization and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-51

  McCormick, Sabrina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratizing science movements; Science; Social movements

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEMOCRATIZATION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTALISM; INFORMATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 66049120104     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026609333419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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