Acting in an Uncertain World: An Essay on Technical Democracy

by Yannick Barthe, Pierre Lascoumes, Michel Callon

Book Overview

A call for a new form of democracy in which "hybrid forums" composed of experts and laypeople address such sociotechnical controversies as hazardous waste, genetically modified organisms, and nanotechnology.

Controversies over such issues as nuclear waste, genetically modified organisms, asbestos, tobacco, gene therapy, avian flu, and cell phone towers arise almost daily as rapid scientific and technological advances create uncertainty and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262515962
• ISBN13: 9780262515962
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher