Creative Democracy Systematic Conflict Resolution and Policymaking in a World of High Science and Technology

Name: Creative Democracy Systematic Conflict Resolution and Policymaking in a World of High Science and Technology
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ISBN: 9780275929572

ISBN-10: 0275929574

ISBN-13: 9780275929572

Edition: 1988

Authors: Tom R. Burns, Reinhard Ueberhorst

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Radical new technologies are developing in Western societies at ever-increasing rates but contemporary democracies often lack the appropriate organizational forms to confront these developments. Creative Democracy discusses the failure of politicians and democratic institutions to cope with modern challenges, and proposes a specific strategy to address these problems in contemporary society. The authors propose new strategies to increase public awareness of, and democratic control over, major technological developments explaining the advantage of democratic discourse and consensus formation over voting, and insisting that scientists must work with politicians to formulate and articulate…

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 10/19/1988
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 194
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction: The Global Challenge Technology and Society Science and Politics


Studies in Competing Logics Democratic Discourse, Expertise, and Alternative Futures Systematic Democratic Discourse


Issues, Legitimacy, and Power