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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778558303321

Autore

Bijker Wiebe E

Titolo

The paradox of scientific authority : the role of scientific advice in democracies / / Wiebe E. Bijker, Roland Bal, Ruud Hendriks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009

ISBN

1-282-69430-8

9786612694301

0-262-25860-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 223 p.)

Collana

Inside technology

Altri autori (Persone)

BalRoland

HendriksRuud <1961->

Disciplina

338.9492/06

Soggetti

Science - Social aspects - Netherlands

Technology - Social aspects - Netherlands

Scientific bureaus - Netherlands

Democracy and science - Netherlands

Science - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The authors assess the influence of scientific advice in societies that increasingly question scientific authority & expertise. This paradox is explored through an ethnographic study of the scientific advisory committee, one of the key sites for the interaction of science, policy & society.