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Technology & Engineering Social Aspects

Public Engagement and Emerging Technologies

edited by Kieran O'Doherty & Edna Einsiedel

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2012
Category
Social Aspects, General, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774824606
    Publish Date
    Dec 2012
    List Price
    $95.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774824613
    Publish Date
    Jul 2013
    List Price
    $34.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774824620
    Publish Date
    Dec 2012
    List Price
    $125.00

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New technologies and the science that created them have transformed our lives, posing challenges as to how technological change can be better integrated in society. Recognition of these issues has led to different ways of engaging the public in the assessment and regulation of emerging technologies. This book puts the subject of publics and their engagement in emerging technologies on a robust theoretical footing. With a strong, though not exclusive, focus on genomic technologies, leading theorists and practitioners in the field provide precise and clear insights into the key issues in public participation studies, including ethics, process, and principles of knowledge distribution in democratic societies.

About the authors

Kieran O'Doherty's profile page

Edna Einsiedel is University Professor and Professor of Communications Studies in the Department of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary. She has been a member of numerous policy committees and written on biotechnology for the Canadian government.

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