Publics as Threats? Integrating Science and Technology Studies and Social Movement Studies

Science as Culture

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 69-82

  Hess, David J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural; publics; science; Social movements; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922241092     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505431.2014.986319     Document Type: Article

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