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Participatory Analysis, Democracy, and Technological Decision Making
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Scientific and technological policy issues are not and should not be exempt from the norms of democratic governance. This article examines two major theories of democracy, analyzes their commonalities and differences, and derives criteria for evaluating various forms of public participation in policymaking. The author argues for a new category of participation, participatory analysis, that includes forms of participation that satisfy democratic criteria and emphasizes the importance of learning among participants. Different types of participatory analysis may be best suited to different kinds of policy problems .
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- Authors
- Laird, F. N.
- Venue
- Science, Technology, & Human Values
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1993-07
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 341-361
- ISSN
- 0162-2439 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-8251
- OpenAlex
- W2131962615
- Cited by
- 387
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 45.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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