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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Main Authors: Mohr, Alison, Raman, Sujatha, Gibbs, Beverley
Format: Monograph
Published: Sciencewise-ERC 2013
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2896/
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description 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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spelling nottingham-28962020-05-04T20:20:41Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2896/ Which publics? When? Exploring the policy potential of involving different publics in dialogue around science and technology. Mohr, Alison Raman, Sujatha Gibbs, Beverley 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. Sciencewise-ERC 2013 Monograph NonPeerReviewed Mohr, Alison, Raman, Sujatha and Gibbs, Beverley (2013) Which publics? When? Exploring the policy potential of involving different publics in dialogue around science and technology. Other. Sciencewise-ERC, Didcot. http://www.sciencewise-erc.org.uk/cms/which-publics-when/
spellingShingle Mohr, Alison
Raman, Sujatha
Gibbs, Beverley
Which publics? When? Exploring the policy potential of involving different publics in dialogue around science and technology.
title Which publics? When? Exploring the policy potential of involving different publics in dialogue around science and technology.
title_full Which publics? When? Exploring the policy potential of involving different publics in dialogue around science and technology.
title_fullStr Which publics? When? Exploring the policy potential of involving different publics in dialogue around science and technology.
title_full_unstemmed Which publics? When? Exploring the policy potential of involving different publics in dialogue around science and technology.
title_short Which publics? When? Exploring the policy potential of involving different publics in dialogue around science and technology.
title_sort which publics? when? exploring the policy potential of involving different publics in dialogue around science and technology.
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2896/
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