Ghosts of the machine: Publics, meanings and social science in a time of expert dogma and denial

Remaking Participation: Science, Environment and Emergent Publics

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 99-120

  Wynne, Brian ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84960238889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203797693     Document Type: Chapter

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