Taking insights from the philosophy of science and technology, theories of participatory democracy and Critical Theory, the author tackles and explores how democratic participation in scientific research and technological innovation could be possible, as a deliberative means of improving the rational basis for the development of modern society.

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KARL ROGERS studied Physics and Philosophy at Lancaster University, UK. He received his PhD in the Philosophy of Science from the University of Bath, UK. He is a Research Fellow in Science Studies at Bath University and is the Co-founder of the John Dewey Center for Democracy and Education, Minneapolis.

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Book Title: Participatory Democracy, Science and Technology
Book Subtitle: An Exploration in the Philosophy of Science
Authors: Karl Rogers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230594142
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-52206-0Published: 10 April 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-35673-7Published: 01 January 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59414-2Published: 11 December 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 252
Topics: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Political Philosophy, Democracy

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

Front Matter

The Call for Democratic Participation

Substantive Theories of Technology

Democratising the Technological Society

Participatory Democracy

Science and Technology

Towards a Rational Society

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