Modes of constructing evidence: Sustainable development as social experimentation-the cases of chemical regulations and climate change politics

Nature and Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-96

  Böschen, Stefan ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemicals policy; Climate change; Evidential cultures; Knowledge production; Social experimentation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GUIDELINE; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84875462961     PISSN: 15586073     EISSN: 15585468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/nc.2013.080105     Document Type: Article

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