Scientific Expertise and Environmental Politics: Cross-Border Contrasts
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Author's bio: Stephen Bocking is Professor of environmental politics and history at Trent University. His most active area of research is the roles of expertise in environmental politics, viewed both historically and in terms of various contemporary issues. His books include: Nature’s Experts: Science, Politics, and the Environment (Rutgers, 2004); Biodiversity in Canada: Ecology, Ideas, and Action (Broadview, 2000); and Ecologists and Environmental Politics: A History of Contemporary Ecology (Yale, 1997). He also writes a regular column for Alternatives Journal, a Canadian environmental magazine.
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