Confronting nuclear risks: Counter-expertise as politics within the French nuclear energy debate

Nature and Culture

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-245

  Topçu, Sezin ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

Author keywords

Counter expertise; Environmental activism; France; Lay knowledge; Nuclear power; Scientists' mobilization; Social studies of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055405709     PISSN: 15586073     EISSN: 15585468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/nc.2008.030205     Document Type: Article

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