The good, the bad and the perfect: Criticizing engagement practice

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 118-135

  Irwin, Alan ^a   Jensen, Torben Elgaard ^b   Jones, Kevin E ^c  

^a Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

criticism and critique; lay membership; public engagement with science; sociology of justification; technical democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872505329     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312712462461     Document Type: Article

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