ABSTRACT

In recent years, questions about democratic influence on science and technology have received much attention. The lesson from the European unrest over GMO is that consumer-citizens will react negatively to being forced to accept the introduction of new, partly untested technologies. A number of political bodies have started to involve citizens and

chapter |2 pages

Part I Science and Democracy

chapter 1|14 pages

Emerging Technologies and Democracy

chapter 3|14 pages

Citizens’ Nano Conference in Denmark

chapter 7|12 pages

Citizens’ Conference, Île-de-France

chapter |2 pages

Appendix 3. Facilitators

chapter 11|16 pages

Standardisation as a Form of Deliberation

chapter |4 pages

Authors’ Biographies