Chile's Environmental Assessments: Contested Knowledge in an Emerging Democracy

Science as Culture

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 251-275

  Barandiaran, Javiera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

boundary work; Chile; democracy; environmental conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931010847     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505431.2014.992332     Document Type: Article

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