Science on Stage: Expert Advice as Public Drama

Author/Contributor(s):	Hilgartner, Stephen
Publisher:	Stanford University Press
Date:	10/01/2000
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Behind today's headlines stands an unobtrusive army of science advisors-panels of scientific, medical, and engineering experts evaluate the safety of the food we eat, the drugs we take, and the cars we drive. This book studies, theoretically and empirically, the social process through which the credibility of expert advice is produced, challenged, and sustained.