Consumers and Nanotechnology: Deliberative Processes and Methodologies

by Harald Throne-Holst, Eivind Soto, Pal Strandbakken, and Gerd Scholl

Pal Strandbakken (Editor), Gerd Scholl (Editor), and Eivind Sto (Editor)

In recent years, questions about democratic influence on science and technology have received much attention. The lesson from the European unrest over GMO is that consumer-citizens will react negatively to being forced to accept the introduction of new, partly untested technologies. A number of political bodies have started to involve citizens and

• ISBN13: 9789814364348
• Publish Date: 12 April 2013 (first published 1 January 2013)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: SG
• Imprint: Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 272
• Language: English