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Democratic Theory and Citizen Participation: democracy models in the evaluation of public participation in science and technology
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Biegelbauer, Peter; Hansen, Janus
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| Abstract | We argue that some of the controversies over the democratic merits of (participatory) technology assessment can be traced to conflicting assumptions about what constitutes a legitimate democratic procedure. We compare how two influential normative models of democracy – ‘representative’ and ‘direct’ – value public engagement processes according to different criteria. Criteria drawn from this analysis are used to compare a series of case studies on xenotransplantation policy-making. We show that the democratic merits of participatory technology assessments probably owe as much to the institutional context as to the precise evaluative criteria or procedural designs. This calls for a closer interaction between science and technology studies research on public engagement and comparative politics scholarship. |
| Keywords | citizens' participation; direct democracy; representative democracy; conception of democracy; technology; science; governance; international comparison; participation; technical development; technological progress; political participation; technology assessment |
| Classification | Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture; Technology Assessment |
| Free Keywords | Demokratietherorie; Participation; Participatory Technology Assessment |
| Document language | English |
| Publication Year | 2011 |
| Page/Pages | p. 589-598 |
| Journal | Science and Public Policy, 38 (2011) 8 |
| DOI | 10.3152/030234211X13092649606404 |
| Status | Published Version; peer reviewed |
| Licence | Creative Commons - Attribution |
| Document Type | journal article |
