Replicating participatory devices: the consensus conference confronts nanotechnology

Describes two examples (in France and in the US) of replication of the Danish procedure of the consensus conference for public participation in nanotechnology, and argues that emphasis on the evaluation of the participatory procedure should not be made at the expense of richer analysis of the problematisation of public participation fostered by such policy instruments.

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Year of publication:	2009-12
Authors:	Laurent, Brice
Institutions:	Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation (CSI), MINES ParisTech
Subject:	Science and technology studies \| public participation \| consensus conferences \| democracy \| controversies \| political sociology \| nanotechnology \| France

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	CSI Working Papers Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 018 36 pages
Classification:	O30 - Technological Change; Research and Development. General ; O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes ; D70 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making. General ; D74 - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances ; Q55 - Technological Innovation ; Z00 - Other Special Topics. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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