A Toolkit for Democratizing Science and Technology Policy: The Practical Mechanics of Organizing a Consensus Conference

Autor/inn/en	Kleinman, Daniel Lee; Powell, Maria; Grice, Joshua; Adrian, Judith; Lobes, Carol
Titel	A Toolkit for Democratizing Science and Technology Policy: The Practical Mechanics of Organizing a Consensus Conference
Quelle	In: Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 27 (2007) 2, S.154-169 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-4676
DOI	10.1177/0270467606298331
Schlagwörter	Audiology; Citizen Participation; Electronics; Science and Society; Citizen Role; Conferences; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Audiologie; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Elektronik; Bürgerinitiative
Abstract	A widely touted approach to involving laypeople in science and technology policy-related decisions is the consensus conference. Virtually nothing written on the topic provides detailed discussion of the many steps from citizen recruitment to citizen report. Little attention is paid to how and why the mechanics of the consensus conference process might influence the diversity of the participants in theses fora, the quality of the deliberation in the citizen sessions, the experiences of the participants and organizers, and other outcomes that affect democratic decision making within the conference and more broadly over the long term. As an aid to those interested in utilizing the consensus conference format, the authors outline in detail how they set about organizing their consensus conference on nanotechnology in the spring of 2005. They discuss what specific aspects of their consensus conference worked, and why, and also consider what they learned of relevance to future application. (Contains 1 note.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10