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Elements of Technical Democracy

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  • Pierre Lamard
  • Yves-Claude Lequin

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The concept of technical democracy is both obvious and perplexing: with technology so often appearing to be a natural extension of science, why should citizens have any say in the matter? And yet how could we imagine or accept that technical systems, which have such an impact on individual and collective choices, could escape the deliberations of civic opinion and decision-making? Citizens must be able to acquire the skills of democratic expertise to then be able to exercise them when strategic decisions are being taken. If we are to move towards this objective, the stakes are very high. Even if a movement is initiated that aims to construct a fairer, more civic and more democratic society, the appropriation of technical issues in both education and the workplace is confronted with multiple types of inertia. JEL Codes: O33, O30, O25

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  • Pierre Lamard & Yves-Claude Lequin, 2017. "Elements of Technical Democracy," Journal of Innovation Economics, De Boeck Université, vol. 0(1), pages 171-181.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:jiedbu:jie_022_0171
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    Keywords

    democracy; development; modernization; economic history; political economy; industrial policy;
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    JEL classification:

    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
    • O25 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Industrial Policy

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