Morals, Materials, and Technoscience: The Energy Security Imaginary in the United States

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 687-711

  Tidwell, Abraham S D ^a   Smith, Jessica M ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental practices; governance; markets economies; politics; power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938884710     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243915577632     Document Type: Article

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