The Paradox of Participation Experiments

摘要: An ongoing trend in technology policy has been to advocate participation. However, the author claims that lay citizens’ participation typically materializes form of a laboratory experiment at present. That is, as currently organized by professional experts under controlled conditions rarely is linked public controversies, pursuit political or individual concerns. Derived from qualitative research on two citizen conferences, shows empirically practice, this leads paradoxical effects: successfully carrying out results systematic disappointment hope for gains rationality attached Finally, relates result sociological debates about new modes knowledge production. Under such perspective, sees development: while society large becoming which produced, part...