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Participatory science governance revisited: Normative expectations versus empirical evidence

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  • Alfons Bora
  • Heiko Hausendorf

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In a comparative study in seven European countries, the impact of participatory decision-making procedures on the communicative construction of citizenship was studied. Oral and written data from licensing procedures on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been analysed with methods of conversation analysis. The study shows that participatory science governance itself may cause serious trouble when it is embedded in a formal procedure with a relatively strong legal framework. Political communication becomes rather marginal under such circumstances. This result indicates that the unspecific claim for more and broader participation of the public might be dysfunctional, even if it seems to be legitimate from a normative point of view. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • Alfons Bora & Heiko Hausendorf, 2006. "Participatory science governance revisited: Normative expectations versus empirical evidence," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 33(7), pages 478-488, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:33:y:2006:i:7:p:478-488
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    1. Lievrouw, Leah A., 2010. "Instructions for being unhappy with PTA — The impact on PTA of Austrian technology policy experts´ conceptualisation of the public," ITA manu:scripts 10_02, Institute of Technology Assessment (ITA).
    2. Cuppen, Eefje, 2012. "A quasi-experimental evaluation of learning in a stakeholder dialogue on bio-energy," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 41(3), pages 624-637.

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