Science in Movements: Knowledge Control and Social Contestation in China's Hydropower, GMO and Nuclear Controversies

ISBN-13: 9780367749095 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 236 str.

Hepeng Jia

Opis

This book analyses and compares the origins, evolutionary patterns and consequences of different science and technology controversies in China, including hydropower resistance, disputes surrounding genetically modified organisms, and the nuclear power debate.

Spis treści

1. Science Controversies Encounter Political Opportunities  2. Research Method and Data  3. Science Controversies in Transitional China  4. Hydropower, Fragmentation and Knowledge-Making  5. GMO Controversy: How Orthodox Science Lost Control  6. The Nuclear Power Debate in a Narrow Political Opportunity Structure  7. Why are Science Controversies So Different?  8. Synergy of Different Theoretical Traditions in a Comparative Lens  9. Conclusion

O autorze

Hepeng Jia is a professor of communication at Soochow University, Suzhou, China. He has worked as a leading science journalist for 20 years and is also a pioneering researcher in the field of science journalism and communication in China.