Science, Technology, and Democracy by Daniel Lee Kleinman - 9780791447086

Science, Technology, and DemocracyAuthor(s): Daniel Lee Kleinman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9780791447086, 978-0791447086\nSynopsis\nExamines restrictions and potentialities for public access to science and technology decision making.\n\nActivists, scientists, and scholars in the social sciences and humanities explore in productive dialogue what it means to democratize science and technology. The contributors consider what role lay people can have in a realm traditionally restricted to experts, and examine the socio-economic and ideological barriers to creating a science oriented more toward human needs. Included are several case studies of efforts to expand the role of citizens-including discussions of AIDS treatment activism, technology consensus conferences in Europe and the United States, the regulation of nuclear materials processing and disposal, and farmer networks in s.