Contentious Politics: Science, Social Science and Social Protest

Contentious Politics: Science, Social Science and Social Protest Theme Proposal Institute for Social Sciences Cornell University Submitted by Ronald J. Herring and Kenneth M. Roberts March 2006

• free knowledge systems
• rapid diffusion of electoral protests
• political contention
• contractionary policy
• substantive expertise on a broad range of policy domains
• social protest
• expertise
• science