Neoliberalism as political technology: Expertise, energy, and democracy in Chile

Beyond Imported Magic: Essays on Science, Technology, and Society in Latin America

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 305-330

  Tironi, Manuel ^a   Barandiarán, Javiera ^b  

^a Department of Sociology University of Catalonia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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