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PUBLICATIONID : 48802
PUBLICATIONTYPE : 1
TYPE : Article
TITLE : A Democracy Paradox in Studies of Science and Technology
ORIG_TITLE : A Democracy Paradox in Studies of Science and Technology
AUTHOR : Lovbrand, E, R Pielke and S Beck
FIRST_AUTHOR : Lovbrand, E, R Pielke and S Beck
AUTHOR_COUNT : 1
ADDRESS : [Lovbrand, Eva] Linkoping Univ, Ctr Climate Sci & Policy Res, Dept Themat Studies, S-60174 Norrkoping, Sweden; [Pielke, Roger, Jr.] Univ Colorado, Ctr Sci & Technol Policy Res, Boulder, CO 80309 USA; [Beck, Silke] UFZ, Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Leipzig, Germany
PUBLISHER : SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
FIRSTAUTHOREMPLOYER : 3
ABBREV_JOURNAL : Sci. Technol. Hum. Values
BEGINPAGE : 474
ENDPAGE : 496
VOLUME : 36
ISSUE : 4
PUBLISH_DATE : JUL
YEAR : 2011
URL : http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/admin/publication_files/2010.28.pdf
REFEREED : 1
RESOURCE : WOS:000291090200003
CITATION : 4
DEPT : CSTPR
LAST_UPDATED : 2012-12-06 14:17:27
ISSN : 0162-2439
IDS : 770MH
DOI : 10.1177/0162243910366154
ABSTRACT : Today many scholars seem to agree that citizens should be involved in expert deliberations on science and technology issues. This interest in public deliberation has gained attraction in many practical settings, especially in the European Union, and holds the promise of more legitimate governance of science and technology. In this article, the authors draw on the European Commission's (EC) report "Taking the European Knowledge Society Seriously'' to ask how legitimate these efforts to "democratize'' scientific expertise really are. While the report borrows from deliberative democrats' normative accounts of legitimacy, the authors identify a tension between the principles for legitimate rule prescribed by deliberative democratic theory and the report's celebration of diversity and dissent. While this inconsistency suggests that the legitimacy of deliberative governance arrangements is justified on empirical rather than normative grounds, it remains an open question whether studies of science and technology offer enough empirical support for such a justification. In this article, the authors address this pressing question and propose three possible responses.
KEYWORDS : expertise; democratization; legitimacy; deliberation; studies of science and technology
KEYWORD_PLUS : DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY; LEGITIMACY; PARTICIPATION; GOVERNANCE; PLURALISM; CITIZEN; POLICY; POWER
AREA : Social Issues
FIRST_AUTHOR_EMAIL : eva.lovbrand@liu.se
PUBLICATION : SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & HUMAN VALUES
PLACE : THOUSAND OAKS
LANGUAGE : English
SERIAL : 48802
PAGES : 474-496
APPROVED : yes
ONLINE_PUBLICATION : no
VERSION : 1
FIRST_AUTHOR_ADDRESS : Lovbrand, E (reprint author), Linkoping Univ, Ctr Climate Sci & Policy Res, Dept Themat Studies, S-60174 Norrkoping, Sweden
AUTHOR_OTHER_FORM : Lovbrand, Eva; Pielke, Roger, Jr.; Beck, Silke
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Entered by : Roger Pielke Jr.