No funeral bells: Public reason in a ‘post-truth’ age

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 751-770

  Jasanoff, Sheila ^a   Simmet, Hilton R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

co production; expertise; law and science; post truth; public reason

Indexed keywords

DECEPTION; DEMOCRACY; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY;

DECEPTION; DEMOCRACY; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 85031813290     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312717731936     Document Type: Article

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