| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 310 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 112
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International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 112.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Governing technology through public participation / Alfons Bora and Heiko Hausendorf -- Discourse, participation and sociological theory / Patrick O'Mahony -- Biotechnologies and communication : participation for democratic processes / Giuseppe Pellegrini -- Democratizing agri-biotechnology? : European public participation in agbiotech assessment / Les Levidow -- Making sense on participation : herrschaft and participatory procedures in administrative decision-making / Peter Munte -- Law and participation / Matthias Baier -- Conflicting forms of citizenship? : referrals and the principle of transparency in Sweden / Henrik Rahm -- Participation in Italy : the public and genetically modified crops / Elena Collavin -- Communicating quasi-citizenship? : public participation in GMO-release permitting procedures in Hungary--a conversation analytic approach / Zsuzsanna Iványi, András Kertész, Kornélia Marinecz -- Participatory technology assessment and the "institutional void" : investigating democratic theory and representative politics / Gabriele Abels -- Participation and beyond : dynamics of social positions in participatory discourse / Alfons Bora and Heiko Hausendorf. |
| Summary |
Drawing on comparative and interdisciplinary research in the regulation of science and technology, this book offers a critical examination of participatory governance in legal procedure and an inquiry in the institutional and procedural possibilities of democratic participation in law. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Technology and law.
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Technology and law. |
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Technology and state -- Citizen participation.
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Technology and state -- Citizen participation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bora, Alfons.
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Hausendorf, H. (Heiko)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Democratic transgressions of law. Leiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, 2010 9789004180437 (DLC) 2009052174 (OCoLC)489439020 |
| ISBN |
9789004184374 (electronic book) |
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9004184376 (electronic book) |
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9789004180437 (cloth) |
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9004180435 (cloth) |
| Standard No. |
9786612786549 |
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