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Participation in Science and Technology: Meaning construction of participation in an Interactive Technology Assessment.

This study examines how actors in a Flemish participatory Technology Assessment project (pTA) strategically negotiate the meaning of participation from often contending viewpoints, interests, and expectations, and what this implies for the theorization of participation in pTA, given its conventional presentation of participation as a cooperative and collective endeavor that is conducive to social learning and results in better and more legitimate policy outcomes.
Date:1 Oct 2008 →  30 Sep 2010
Keywords:SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
Disciplines:Applied sociology, Linguistics