Interrogating the civic epistemology of American democracy: Stability and instability in the 2000 US Presidential election

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 501-530

  Miller, Clark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic epistemology; Democracy; Election; Knowledge; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044235174     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312704045661     Document Type: Review

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