Présentation de l'éditeur
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 to consider their concerns, attitudes, hopes, and worries in the early stages of the coming nano revolution. This volume is assembles the contributions of experts who analyze a number of these deliberations, mainly in the European Union and the United States. The book analyzes citizen-oriented deliberations along with more stakeholder-oriented deliberations.
Biographie de l'auteur
Pål Strandbakken is a researcher with the National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO) since 1992. He has also worked on the project Alternative Future from 1988 to 1992 for the Norwegian Parliament. His current research interests are environmental sociology, ELSA aspects of nanotechnology, product durability and STS.
Gerd Scholl is an economist currently working as a senior researcher at the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) in Berlin. His main areas of interest include sustainable consumption and production, sustainable marketing and consumers and new technologies.
Eivind Stø is a political scientist currently working as a research director at the National Institute for Consumer Research in Norway. His main areas of interest include the sociology of consumption, sustainable production and consumption and consumer complaints.
