Neoliberalism and the History of STS Theory: Toward a Reflexive Sociology

Social Epistemology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-193

  Hess, David J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neoliberalism; Reflexive Sociology; Sociology of Scientific Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879625468     PISSN: 02691728     EISSN: 14645297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2013.793754     Document Type: Article

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