Mobilizing science : movements, participation, and the remaking of knowledge / Sabrina McCormick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCormick, Sabrina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science and state--Citizen participation.

Science and state.

Technology and state--Citizen participation.

Technology and state.

Science--Decision making--Citizen participation.

Science.

Technology--Decision making--Citizen participation.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612115585

9781282115583

1282115588

9781439900116

1439900116

OCLC:

646569535