Which publics? When? Exploring the policy potential of involving different publics in dialogue around science and technology.
How should we understand ‘the public’ in public dialogue given the dominant assumption within policy-making that the people brought together in these events must constitute a representative sample of the wider population? To improve the prospects for public dialogue and clarify what it can contribut...
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| Format: | Monograph |
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Sciencewise-ERC
2013
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2896/ |
| Summary: | How should we understand ‘the public’ in public dialogue given the dominant assumption within policy-making that the people brought together in these events must constitute a representative sample of the wider population? To improve the prospects for public dialogue and clarify what it can contribute to policy-making, this report explores ‘who or what is the public’ to make better sense of why and when public dialogue is carried out. |
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