Overview

New technologies and the science that created them have transformed our lives, posing challenges as to how technological change can be better integrated in society. Recognition of these issues has led to different ways of engaging the public in the assessment and regulation of emerging technologies. However, there has been no single approach that characterizes the relationship between publics and new technologies. This book puts the subject of publics and their engagement in emerging technologies on a robust theoretical footing. With a strong, though not exclusive, focus on genomic technologies, leading theorists and practitioners in the field provide precise and clear insights into the key issues in public participation studies, including ethics, process, and principles of knowledge distribution in democratic societies. The discussion is particularly pertinent and central to current concerns in health, technology, and public participation at a time when the reform of public and private sector health and social care services are being debated globally.

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Author:   Kieran O'Doherty ,  Edna F. Einsiedel
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9780774824613

ISBN 10:   0774824611
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   01 July 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Kieran O’Doherty and Edna Einsiedel Part 1: The Purpose and Function of Public Participation 1 Giving Power to Public Voice: A Critical Review of Alternative Means of Infusing Citizen Deliberation with Legal Authority or Influence / John Gastil 2 Parliamentary Technology Assessment in Europe and the Role of Public Participation / Leonhard Hennen 3 Democracy, Governance, and Public Engagement: A Critical Assessment / Peter W.B. Phillips Part 2: External Conditions for Legitimate Public Engagement: Ethics, Society, and Democracy 4 Trust, Accountability, and Participation: Conditions for and Constraints on “New” Democratic Models / Susan Dodds 5 Public Voices or Private Choices? The Role of Public Consultation in the Regulation of Reproductive Technologies / Colin Gavaghan 6 Challenges to Deliberations on Genomics / Michiel Korthals Part 3: Internal Conditions for Legitimate Public Engagement: Lessons for the Practitioner 7 Deliberative Fears: Citizen Deliberation about Science in a National Consensus Conference / Michael D. Cobb 8 Theorizing Deliberative Discourse / Kieran O’Doherty Part 4: Institutional Contexts of Public Participation 9 Public Engagement and Knowledge Mobilization in Public and Private Policy / David Castle 10 From Public Engagement to Public Policy: Competing Stakeholders and the Path to Law Reform / David Weisbrot 11 Participation in the Canadian Biotechnology Regulatory Regime é Andrea Riccardo Migone and Michael Howlett Part 5: Modes of and Experiments in Participation 12 Swimming with Salmon: The Use of Journalism to Public Engagement Initiatives on Emerging Biotechnologies é David M. Secko 13 Science Media and Public Participation: The Potential of Drama-Documentaries / Grace Reid 14 N-Reasons: Computer-Mediated Ethical Decision Support for Public Participation / Peter Danielson 15 Contentious New Technology Introductions and e-Participation / Keith Culver Part 6: Understanding Stakeholders and Publics 16 Rethinking “Publics” and “Participation” in New Governance Contexts: Stakeholder Publics and Extended Forms of Participation / Edna Einsiedel 17 Public Engagement with Human Genetics: A Social Movement Approach / Alexandra Plows 18 The Limits of Liberal Values in the Moral Assessment of Genomic and Technological Innovation / Chloë G.K. Atkins Contributors Index

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Kieran O’Doherty is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Guelph. Edna Einsiedel is a professor of communication studies in the Department of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary.

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