作者: Michel Callon , Yannick Barthe , Pierre Lascoumes
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关键词: Public relations 、 Dialogic 、 Representation (politics) 、 Sociotechnical system 、 Management 、 Democratization 、 Political science 、 Process (engineering) 、 Democracy 、 Representative democracy 、 Politics
摘要: Controversies over such issues as nuclear waste, genetically modified organisms, asbestos, tobacco, gene therapy, avian flu, and cell phone towers arise almost daily rapid scientific technological advances create uncertainty bring about unforeseen concerns. The authors of Acting in an Uncertain World argue that political institutions must be expanded improved to manage these controversies, transform them into productive conversations, "technical democracy." They show how "hybrid forums"in which experts, non-experts, ordinary citizens, politicians come togetherreveal the limits traditional delegative democracies, decisions are made by quasi-professional techno-scientific information is domain specialists laboratories. division between professionals laypeople, claim, simply outmoded. laboratory research should complemented everyday experimentation pursued real world, they describe various modes cooperation two. explore a range concrete examples hybrid forums have dealt with sociotechnical controversies including waste disposal France, industrial birth defects Japan, childhood leukemia cluster Woburn, Massachusetts, Mad Cow Disease United Kingdom. discuss implications for decision making general, "dialogic" democracy enriches representative democracy. To invent new procedures consultation representation, suggest, contribute endless process necessary ongoing democratization Inside Technology series