Dying Bees and the Social Production of Ignorance

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 492-517

  Kleinman, Daniel Lee ^a,b   Suryanarayanan, Sainath ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

academic disciplines and traditions; epistemology; expertise; governance; politics; power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879130840     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243912442575     Document Type: Article

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