Science and policy making: Contesting boundaries in Argentina.

ARANCIBIA FLORENCIA

Buenos Aires

Congreso; II Forum of Sociology Social Justice and Democratization.; 2010

International Sociological Association

Sometimes, political struggle and scientific controversy converge in the same contentious arena: peasants, neighbours, environmental movements, organized mothers as well as national and international associations of physicians, scientists, lawyers and intellectuals, can join efforts to challenge a Dominant Scientific Paradigm behind a regulatory decision and claim a ban of a specific technology. From a political process perspective, this paper analyses different types of scientific activism involved in these types of struggles in Argentina as well structural obstacles faced in peripheral contexts. The paper draws on qualitative secondary data analysis and in-depth interviews.