States of Knowledge: The Co-Production of Science and the Social Order

by Sheila Jasanoff

Book Overview

In the past twenty years, the field of science and technology studies (S&TS) has made considerable progress toward illuminating the relationship between scientific knowledge and political power. These insights are now ready to be synthesized and presented in forms that systematically highlight the connections between S&TS and other social sciences.

This timely collection of essays by leading scholars in the field meets this challenge. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415403294
• ISBN13: 9780415403290
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"