
Creative Democracy
Systematic Conflict Resolution and Policymaking in a World of High Science and Technology
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 19. October 1988
Book
Hardback
194 pages
978-0-275-92957-2 (ISBN)
Description
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 their alternative futures for major technological developments. Overall, Creative Democracy provides a thorough, scholarly and practical analysis in support of democratic dialogue.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
380 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-92957-2 (9780275929572)
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Persons
TOM R. BURNS is Professor of Sociology at The University of Uppsala, Sweden, and Clarence J. Robinson Professor at George Mason University. He is also program co-director, Social Science Theory and Methodology Program, the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.
REINHARD UEBERHORST has been a member of the German Parliament and the West Berlin Parliament. He served as chairman of the German Parliamentary Commission on Future Nuclear Energy Policy. At present he is a member of the Parliamentary Commission of Enquiry, Technology Assessment and is a member of the Social Democractic Party's Commission on Basic Values. He writes on current issues and runs a policy consulting office in Germany.
REINHARD UEBERHORST has been a member of the German Parliament and the West Berlin Parliament. He served as chairman of the German Parliamentary Commission on Future Nuclear Energy Policy. At present he is a member of the Parliamentary Commission of Enquiry, Technology Assessment and is a member of the Social Democractic Party's Commission on Basic Values. He writes on current issues and runs a policy consulting office in Germany.
Content
Foreword, by Willy Brandt 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