The New Political Sociology of Science: Institutions, Networks, and Power

by Kelly Moore

Book Overview

In the twenty-first century, the production and use of scientific knowledge is more regulated, commercialized, and participatory than at any other time. The stakes in understanding those changes are high for scientist and nonscientist alike: they challenge traditional ideas of intellectual work and property and have the potential to remake legal and professional boundaries and transform the practice of research. A critical examination of the structures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029921334X
• ISBN13: 9780299213343
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"