Technology and Public Participation (Science and Technology Studies)

Cover......Page 1
Technology andpublic participation......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
Introduction - Brian Martin......Page 6
I. Technologies shaping participation......Page 18
Toys, play and participation - Wendy Varney......Page 19
The telephone as aparticipatory mechanismat a local government level - Lyn Carson......Page 41
Lap-tops against communicative democracy:international nongovernmental organisations and the World Bank - Miriam Solomon*......Page 65
II. Public participation processes......Page 86
The politics of jury competence - Gary Edmond and David Mercer......Page 87
“Community participation” in urban project assessment (an ecofeminist analysis) - Janis Birkeland*......Page 115
Coercive psychiatry, human rights andpublic participation - Richard Gosden......Page 145
Public participation or public relations? - Sharon Beder......Page 170
III. Technology policy......Page 194
Policy formation and public participationin the management of technological change - Rhonda Roberts......Page 195
Participation infood industry technologies in the age of sustainability - Andy Monk......Page 209
Gaining a share of the final frontier - Alan Marshall......Page 231
Conclusion - Brian Martin......Page 248
Technology and Public Participation......Page 263