ISBN:
978-0-262-03382-4
Language:
English
Pages:
287 S.
Series Statement:
Inside technology
Uniform Title:
Agir dans un monde incertain
Parallel Title:
Äquivalent
Parallel Title:
Übersetzung von Callon, Michel Agir dans un monde incertain
DDC:
321.8
Keywords:
Naturwissenschaft
;
Politik
;
Democracy
;
Political leadership
;
Technology Political aspects
;
Science Political aspects
;
Demokratie.
;
Politik.
;
Wissenschaft.
;
Kooperation.
;
Technologie.
;
Demokratie
;
Politik
;
Wissenschaft
;
Kooperation
;
Technologie
Abstract:
"Controversies over such issues as nuclear waste, genetically modified organisms, asbestos, tobacco, gene therapy, avian flu, and cell phone towers arise almost daily as rapid scientific and technological advances create uncertainty and bring about unforeseen concerns. The authors of Acting in an Uncertain World argue that political institutions must be expanded and improved to manage these controversies, to transform them into productive conversations, and to bring about "technical democracy." They show how "hybrid forums" - in which experts, non-experts, ordinary citizens, and politicians come together - reveal the limits of traditional delegative democracies, in which decisions are made by quasi-professional politicians and techno-scientific information is the domain of specialists in laboratories. The division between professionals and laypeople, the authors claim, is simply outmoded." -- Book jacket.
Note:
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke. - Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=017110432&sequence=000003&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
