| Controversial Science: From Content to Contention Contributor(s): Brante, Thomas (Editor), Fuller, Steve (Editor), Lynch, William (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791414744 ISBN-13: 9780791414743 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| LCCN: 92022543 |
| Series: Suny Science, Technology, and Society |
| Physical Information: (1.04 lbs) 326 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book represents emerging alternative perspectives to the constructivist orthodoxy that currently dominates the field of science and technology studies. Various contributions from distinguished Americans and Europeans in the field, provide arguments and evidence that it is not enough simply to say that science is socially situated. Controversial Science focuses on important political, ethical, and broadly normative considerations that have yet to be given their due, but which point to a more realistic and critical perspective on science policy. |