LEADER 03040nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910777954903321 005 20230124183034.0 010 $a1-282-11558-8 010 $a9786612115585 010 $a1-4399-0011-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000765901 035 $a(EBL)449825 035 $a(OCoLC)646569535 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000203858 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11174202 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000203858 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10175650 035 $a(PQKB)11506082 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC449825 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15607 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL449825 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10309202 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL211558 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000765901 100 $a20081107d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMobilizing science$b[electronic resource] $emovements, participation, and the remaking of knowledge /$fSabrina McCormick 210 $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (219 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4399-0009-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aDemocratizing 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. 330 $aMobilizing 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 606 $aScience and state$xCitizen participation 606 $aTechnology and state$xCitizen participation 606 $aScience$xDecision making$xCitizen participation 606 $aTechnology$xDecision making$xCitizen participation 615 0$aScience and state$xCitizen participation. 615 0$aTechnology and state$xCitizen participation. 615 0$aScience$xDecision making$xCitizen participation. 615 0$aTechnology$xDecision making$xCitizen participation. 676 $a303.48/3 700 $aMcCormick$b Sabrina$01474275 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777954903321 996 $aMobilizing science$93805917 997 $aUNINA