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Contents
Contributions
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- Part I Introduction
- 1 Participatory Technology Assessment in Europe:
Introducing the EUROPTA research project
Simon Joss und Sergio
Bellucci
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- Part II Research Framework
Sergio Bellucci,
Danielle Bütschi, Fritz Gloede, Leonhard Hennen, Simon Joss, Lars
Klüver, Michael Nentwich, Walter Peissl, Helge Torgersen, Josée van
Eijndhoven, Rinie van Est
- 2 Theoretical Perspectives
- 3 Analytical Framework
- 4 Research Protocol
- Part III Case Studies
- 5 Austria: Methodological Innovations from a
Latecomer
Petra Grabner, Walter Peissl, Helge Torgersen
- 6 Denmark: Participation - A Given in Danish
Culture
Lars Klüver
- 7 Germany: A Difference that Makes a
Difference?
Fritz Gloede, Leonhard Hennen
- 8 The Netherlands: Seeking to Involve Wider Publics in
Technology Assessment
Rinie van Est, Josée van Eijndhoven, Wilma
Aarts, Anne Loeber
- Switzerland: New Paths for PUblic Participation in a
Direct Democracy
Danielle Bütschi, Simon Joss, Michel
Baeriswyl
- 10 United Kingdom: From 'Public Understanding' to
'Public Involvement'
Simon Joss
- Part IV Analyses
- 11 Implementing Participatory Technology Assessment -
from Import to National Innovation
Simon Joss, Helge
Torgersen
- 12 Project Management - a Matter of Ethics and Robust
Decisions
Lars Klüver
- 13 The Choice of Participatory Technology Assessment
Methods
Josée van Eijndhoven, Rinie van Est
- 14 The Role of Participatory Technology Assessment in
the Policy-making Process
Danielle Bütschi, Michael
Nentwich
- 15 Impacts of Participatory Technology Assessment on
its Societal Environment
Leonhard Hennen
- 16 Conclusions and Recommendations
Sergio
Bellucci, Danielle Bütschi, Fritz Gloede, Leonhard Hennen, Simon Joss,
Lars Klüver, Michael Nentwich, Walter Peissl, Helge Torgersen,
Josée van Eijndhoven, Rinie van Est
Summary
Since the early 1990s, an increasing number of
citizens, stakeholders and user groups have become involved in assessing new
scientific and technological developments. This involvement has taken various
forms, including citizens' panels, scenario workshops, round tables and
consensus conferences. The aim of such 'participatory technology assessment' is
to provide advice to policy-makers and to encourage wider public debate about
socio-technological developments.
This volume gives a comprehensive overview of
recent developments in participatory technology assessment in a variety of
European national and institutional contexts. It includes a research framework
that provides a basis for both theoretical and practical analysis; contains
studies of 16 participatory initiatives in Austria, Denmark, Germany, the
Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kngdom; and offers in-depth,
cross-country comparisons focusing on important issues such as the
methodological design, political role and impact of participatory technology
assessment.
This book is based on a two-year European
Commision-funded research project (EUROPTA).
About the editors and main
contributors
Sergio Bellucci and Danielle Bütschi (TA Swiss)
Fritz
Gloede (ITAS Karlsruhe), Leonhard Hennen (TAB
Berlin)
Simon
Joss (CSD, Univ. Westminster)
Lars Klüver (Danish Board of Technology)
Helge Torgersen,
Walter Peissl,
Michael Nentwich ()
Josée van Eijndhoven, Rinie van Est (Rathenau Institute)
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