Science and securitization: Objectivation, the authority of the speaker and mobilization of scientific facts

Security Dialogue

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 385-397

  Berling, Trine Villumsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Pierre Bourdieu; Practical reflexivity; Science studies; Securitization; Theory practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054839706     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010611418714     Document Type: Article

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