03074nam 2200637Ia 450 991045482660332120200520144314.01-282-11558-897866121155851-4399-0011-6(CKB)1000000000765901(EBL)449825(OCoLC)646569535(SSID)ssj0000203858(PQKBManifestationID)11174202(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000203858(PQKBWorkID)10175650(PQKB)11506082(MiAaPQ)EBC449825(MdBmJHUP)muse15607(Au-PeEL)EBL449825(CaPaEBR)ebr10309202(CaONFJC)MIL211558(EXLCZ)99100000000076590120081107d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMobilizing science[electronic resource] movements, participation, and the remaking of knowledge /Sabrina McCormickPhiladelphia Temple University Press20091 online resource (219 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4399-0009-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Democratizing science movements: conditions for success and failure -- The environmental breast cancer movement and the scientific basis for contestation -- Dam impacts and anti-dam protest -- Government institutions and corporate interests: instigating movement challenge -- Democratizing science -- Democratizing science as a mechanism of co-optation -- Long-term struggles and uncertain futures -- A case for making science accountable.Mobilizing Science theoretically and empirically explores the rise of a new kind of social movement-one that attempts to empower citizens through the use of expert scientific research. Sabrina McCormick advances theories of social movements, development, and science and technology studies by examining how these fields intersect in cases around the globe. McCormick grounds her argument in two very different case studies: the anti-dam movement in Brazil and the environmental breast cancer prevention movement in the U.S. These, and many other cases, show that Science and stateCitizen participationTechnology and stateCitizen participationScienceDecision makingCitizen participationTechnologyDecision makingCitizen participationElectronic books.Science and stateCitizen participation.Technology and stateCitizen participation.ScienceDecision makingCitizen participation.TechnologyDecision makingCitizen participation.303.48/3McCormick Sabrina1027146MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454826603321Mobilizing science2442423UNINA