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Science, Technology, and Democracy

Science, Technology, and Democracy

Kleinman, Daniel Lee

Paperback

Series: Suny Science, Technology, and Society

Technology & EngineeringGeneral SociologyHistory & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 0791447081
ISBN13: 9780791447086
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Sep 28 2000
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.43 Width: 5.91 Depth: 9.02
Language: English

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

Activists, scientists, and scholars in the social sciences and humanities explore in productive dialogue what it means to democratize science and technology. The contributors consider what role lay people can have in a realm traditionally restricted to experts, and examine the socio-economic and ideological barriers to creating a science oriented more toward human needs. Included are several case studies of efforts to expand the role of citizens-including discussions of AIDS treatment activism, technology consensus conferences in Europe and the United States, the regulation of nuclear materials processing and disposal, and farmer networks in sustainable agriculture-and examinations of how the Enlightenment premises of modern science constrain its field of vision. Other chapters suggest how citizens can interpret differing opinions within scientific communities on issues of clear public relevance.

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