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The precautionary principle and democratizing expertise: A US perspective

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  • Joel A Tickner
  • Sara Wright

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Democratizing expertise carries many implications for application of the precautionary principle. It can extend the amount and types of information incorporated into decisions, empower citizens, and ensure that experts alone are not charged with making value-laden decisions. It can also expose uncertainties in science and decision-making, and bring forth unrecognized alternative solutions to problems. In this article, we outline the implications of democratizing expertise on implementation of the precautionary principle in a US context, as well as barriers and opportunities. We argue that initiatives to democratize expertise and implement precaution in the United States will occur first at the local and regional level as a result of grassroots momentum for change. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • Joel A Tickner & Sara Wright, 2003. "The precautionary principle and democratizing expertise: A US perspective," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 30(3), pages 213-218, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:30:y:2003:i:3:p:213-218
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    1. Royce A. Francis, 2015. "Elusive Critical Elements of Transformative Risk Assessment Practice and Interpretation: Is Alternatives Analysis the Next Step?," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 35(11), pages 1983-1995, November.
    2. Shobita Parthasarathy, 2011. "Whose knowledge? What values? The comparative politics of patenting life forms in the United States and Europe," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 44(3), pages 267-288, September.
    3. Andy Stirling, 2016. "Precaution in the Governance of Technology," SPRU Working Paper Series 2016-14, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.

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