Boudia, Soraya <br/><br/>
On the Dynamics of Building Systems of Scientific Expertise: The Case of Ionizing Radiation 

 -  2008.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> An examination of historical work shows that several systems of scientific expertise were shaped by public controversies. Taking the case of the health and environmental hazards of radioactivity as an example, this articles seeks to account for a twofold dynamic at work in building and/or reconfiguring systems of scientific expertise: expertise either as a resource to manage public mobilisation or as vector whereby some of the criticisms are incorporated into existing institutional systems by reconfiguring them or setting up new organisations.