Citizens contesting science: a case study of public participation in the management of a contaminated site in Western Australia

This thesis addresses the problem of involving citizens in regulatory debates rich in the discourse of science. Through a detailed case study of the ANI-Bradken site redevelopment project, the public participatory practices within Western Australian environmental regulatory processes are scrutinised...

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Main Author: Duckworth, Kelly Elizabeth
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2629
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description This thesis addresses the problem of involving citizens in regulatory debates rich in the discourse of science. Through a detailed case study of the ANI-Bradken site redevelopment project, the public participatory practices within Western Australian environmental regulatory processes are scrutinised. From the perspective of a community group (the South Fremantle/Hamilton Hill Residents’ Association Inc.) contesting the redevelopment, the thesis examines the barriers to effective public participation using a theoretical framework developed within the sociology of scientific knowledge.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-26292019-07-16T01:22:36Z Citizens contesting science: a case study of public participation in the management of a contaminated site in Western Australia Duckworth, Kelly Elizabeth This thesis addresses the problem of involving citizens in regulatory debates rich in the discourse of science. Through a detailed case study of the ANI-Bradken site redevelopment project, the public participatory practices within Western Australian environmental regulatory processes are scrutinised. From the perspective of a community group (the South Fremantle/Hamilton Hill Residents’ Association Inc.) contesting the redevelopment, the thesis examines the barriers to effective public participation using a theoretical framework developed within the sociology of scientific knowledge. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2629 en Curtin University fulltext
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Citizens contesting science: a case study of public participation in the management of a contaminated site in Western Australia
title Citizens contesting science: a case study of public participation in the management of a contaminated site in Western Australia
title_full Citizens contesting science: a case study of public participation in the management of a contaminated site in Western Australia
title_fullStr Citizens contesting science: a case study of public participation in the management of a contaminated site in Western Australia
title_full_unstemmed Citizens contesting science: a case study of public participation in the management of a contaminated site in Western Australia
title_short Citizens contesting science: a case study of public participation in the management of a contaminated site in Western Australia
title_sort citizens contesting science: a case study of public participation in the management of a contaminated site in western australia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2629