Risk and the public acceptance of new technologies
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : R Flynn; Paul Bellaby
- ناشر : Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2007
- شابک / ISBN : 9780230517059
Description
Risk and the public acceptance of new technologies / Rob Flynn -- Public dialogue and the scientific citizen / Alan Irwin -- On the signature of new technologies: materiality, sociality and practical reasoning / Tom Horlick-Jones -- Public acceptance of new technologies in food products and production / Arnout R.H. Fisher, Lynn J. Fewer -- Making sense of uncertainty and precaution: the example of mobile telecommunications / Julie Barnett, Lada Timotijevic -- Against the stream: moving public engagement on nanotechnologies upstream / Laison Mohr -- Public acceptability of hydrogen fuel call transport and associated refueling infrastructures / Tanya O'Garra, Peter Pearson, Susana Mourato -- Social representations of hydrogen technologies: a community-owned wind-hydrogen project / Fionnguala Sherry-Brennan, Hannah Devine-Wright, Patrick Devine-Wright -- Stakeholder' and publics' perception of hydrogen energy technologies / Miriam Ricci, Paul Bellaby, Rob Flynn -- Technological transitions and public engagement competing visions of hydrogen fuel station / Mike Hodson, Simon Marvin, Victorian Simpson -- Towards a sustainable energy future: participatory foresight and appraisal as a response to managing uncertainty and contested social values / Malcom Eames, William McDowall.
This edited volume brings together leading social scientists who address recent evidence and debates about public engagement and trust in experts. The chapters consider different methods of public consultation for a variety of new technologies, including genetically modified foods, mobile telecommunications, nanotechnology, and hydrogen energy.
