1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations, digital file
Contents
Part 1 : The purpose and function of public participation -- Part 2 : External conditions for legitimate public engagement -- Part 3 : Internal conditions for legitimate public engagement -- Part 4 : Institutional contexts of public participation -- Part 5 : Modes of and experiments in participation -- Part 6 : Understanding stakeholders and publics
Summary
This book examines current theory, methods, and ethics underlying global trends in involving publics in the governance of new technologies