Scientific credibility, disagreement, and error costs in 17 biotechnology policy subsystems

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 513-533

  Montpetit, Éric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost of errors in scientific knowledge; Political adverseness; Scientific consensus; Scientific disagreement; Use expert knowledge in policymaking

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

EID: 79960803737     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2011.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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