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Public Deliberation and Governance: Engaging with Science and Technology in Contemporary Europe

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Whilst public engagement in decisions concerning science and technology is widely extolled, research shows that the application of deliberative democratic theory remains – at least in Europe – highly constrained. Science and technology policy requires closer attention to the wider context of governance and the compatibility of public deliberation with established modes of policy-making.

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  1. International School for Humanities and Social Sciences (ISHSS), Universiteit van Amsterdam, P.O. Box 26, 1000 AA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Rob Hagendijk

  2. Faculty of Social and Environmental Studies, The University of Liverpool, Foundation Building, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, L69 7ZX, UK

    Alan Irwin

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Hagendijk, R., Irwin, A. Public Deliberation and Governance: Engaging with Science and Technology in Contemporary Europe. Minerva 44, 167–184 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-006-0012-x

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