Technical controversies over public policy: from fluoridation to fracking and climate change
The controversy over climate change -- Technical controversies may be good, if they end well -- The age of heroic engineering -- The age of technical controversy -- Disputes between experts -- Separating disputes over facts from disputes over values -- Participants -- Partisans -- Beliefs -- Social links among controversies -- Growth of protest -- Mass media : quantity of coverage theory -- The fracking controversy -- Seriously science-driven policy