Thinking parliamentary technology assessment politically: Exploring the link between democratic policy making and parliamentary TA

摘要: Abstract This paper aims to clarify the political nature of parliamentary technology assessment (PTA) by reflecting on PTA's relationship with democratic policy making. issue is raised in a climate that regularly portrayed as ‘post-truth era’ and influenced rise radical right populism. Democratic making described terms problem structuring depends powering, scientific puzzling, participation deliberation. Regulative ideals, like equality, truth, citizen participation, ideal communication, are identified drive these processes. These concepts used PTA two ways. First kind support for within countries where or was institutionalized explored. A typology seven levels discerned. degrees depend whether performed MPs TA experts, what extent allow play role puzzling process and/or organize participation-cum-deliberation To further PTA, three attitudes towards regulative ideals distinguished: affirmative, indifferent, adverse. It shown processes can be ways guided (affirmative), ignore those (indifferent) undermine them (adverse). In contexts which indifferent adverse prevail any very unlikely. argued strengthen making, when it fully acknowledges nature, strengths weaknesses both participation-cum-deliberation. this way connect forms populism, well-positioned counteract anti-scientism, anti-intellectualism, anti-democratic