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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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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’ ... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
technological progress; technical development; citizens' participation; conception of democracy; international comparison; science; governance; direct democracy; political participation; representative democracy; participation; technology assessment; technology
Classification
Technology Assessment
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
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
https://doi.org/10.3152/030234211X13092649606404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution