Available from State University of New York Press, at http://www.sunypress.edu/p-1157-scientific-knowledge-in-controv.aspx
ISBN 0 7914 0538 9
From the back cover:
Scientific Knowledge in Controversy: The Social Dynamics of the
Fluoridation Debate is a study of today's most heated and
long-lived health controversy as well as a study of the role of power
in science. It uses the tools of the sociology of knowledge and
political economy to analyze battles over scientific evidence and the
struggle for scientific credibility, the exercise of professional
power to suppress opponents, and the role of corporate interests in
the debate. The evidence from a variety of countries offers a new
perspective on the fluoridation issue and also shows how to link the
analysis of rhetoric in scientific disputes with the wider analysis
of power in society.
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