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Examines restrictions and potentialities for public access to science and technology decision making.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Introduction Daniel Lee Kleinman Part I. Citizen Participation in Action 1. Democracy, Expertise, and AIDS Treatment Activism Steven Epstein 2. Town Meetings on Technology: Consensus Conferences as Democratic Participation Richard E. Sclove 3. Democratizing Agricultural Knowledge Through Sustainable Farming Networks Neva Hassanein 4. Public Participation in Nuclear Facility Decisions: Lessons From Hanford Louise Kaplan Part II. Assessments and Strategies 5. Human Well-being and Federal Science--What's the Connection? Daniel Sarewitz 6. Is the "Citizen-Scientist" an Oxymoron? Stephen H. Schneider 7. Should Philosophers of Science Encode Democratic Ideals? Sandra Harding 8. Democratizations of Science and Technology Daniel Lee Kleinman Contributors Index

About the Author :
Daniel Lee Kleinman, currently Associate Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was formerly Associate Professor of Sociology in the School of History, Technology, and Society at Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the author of Politics on the Endless Frontier: Postwar Research Policy in the United States.

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"...how citizens can become better informed about the science and technology that affects their lives, and take positive action and make intelligent choices about those issues in ways that improve lives, the health of communities, and the fabric of democracy." - Tech Directions "The recent mobilization of citizen protest against the World Trade Organization suggests a revival of demands for citizen participation in complex technical decisions, so this volume is timely. Its contributors skillfully address the power of expertise, the problems of dealing with scientific complexities, and the dilemmas of citizenship in an increasingly technical world. Their case studies of various models of citizen participation are especially useful." - Dorothy Nelkin, New York University, coauthor of The DNA Mystique: The Gene as a Cultural Icon and author of Selling Science: How the Press Covers Science and Technology "This stimulating collection of essays raises one of the most challenging issues of the twenty-first century: Is the meritocracy of science compatible with social democracy? The answer to this question will determine whether people become slaves to technology or truly govern its use." - Sheldon Krimsky, Tufts University, author of Hormonal Chaos: The Scientific and Social Origins of the Environmental Endocrine Hypothesis "Can lay citizens participate in science and technology policymaking? As these essays make clear, there is more room for such participation than generally recognized. The book is an important contribution to this increasingly contentious issue." - Frank Fischer, Rutgers University, author of Technocracy and the Politics of Expertise


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780791447086
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 184
  • Series Title: SUNY series in Science, Technology, and Society
  • Weight: 272 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0791447081
  • Publisher Date: 28 Sep 2000
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 152 mm


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