TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bijker,Wiebe E.
AU  - Bal,Roland
AU  - Hendriks,Ruud
TI  - The paradox of scientific authority: the role of scientific advice in democracies 
T2  - Inside technology
SN  - 9780262026581
AV  - Q175.52.N4 B55 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - Gezondheidsraad (Netherlands)
KW  - Science
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Netherlands
KW  - Technology
KW  - Scientific bureaus
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Democracy and science
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The Gezondheidsraad --
Science and Politics in a Technological Culture --
Preparing the Stage --
Committees at Work --
Missionary Zeal and Repair Work --
The Work and the Product of Scientific Advising
N2  - The authors assess the influence of scientific advice in societies that increasingly question scientific authority & expertise. This paradox is explored through an ethnographic study of the scientific advisory committee, one of the key sites for the interaction of science, policy & society
ER  -