2008
DOI: 10.1080/13669870701875735
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A new social contract for technology? – On the policy dynamics of uncertainty

Abstract: This paper proposes a typology of two fundamentally opposing conceptualizations of managing technology under uncertainty: 'technology governability' and 'technology selection'. A wide variety of different versions of these idealized conceptualizations can be shown to underlie the controversies about scientifictechnological development. The example of genetic engineering indicates that such points of view are reconstructed over time in different forms and diverse settings, not only by the scientific community o… Show more

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“…When societal risk is at stake, it is particularly significant to think about risk at a macro level (how democracy works) and in practical terms (how we decide). Specifically, the literature on risk (Lidskog 2008;Taylor-Gooby 2006;Todt and Lujan 2008) highlights a deficit of democratic legitimacy inherent to risk policies. There are two possible causes for this: a decrease in the representativeness of the elected and disputes concerning the infallibility of experts, especially when a major mobilization of expert knowledge occurs and if experts contradict each other.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…When societal risk is at stake, it is particularly significant to think about risk at a macro level (how democracy works) and in practical terms (how we decide). Specifically, the literature on risk (Lidskog 2008;Taylor-Gooby 2006;Todt and Lujan 2008) highlights a deficit of democratic legitimacy inherent to risk policies. There are two possible causes for this: a decrease in the representativeness of the elected and disputes concerning the infallibility of experts, especially when a major mobilization of expert knowledge occurs and if experts contradict each other.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…El resultado de la falta de definición clara de los significados e interpretaciones adscritos a los conceptos usados en la regulación es que esos conflictos, en muchos casos, no se llegan a clausurar. Más bien, los conflictos se trasladan, desde debates sobre los posibles impactos de las aplicaciones científico-tecnológicas y la necesidad de su regulación, hacia controversias sobre: a) la interpretación que los diferentes actores otorgan a conceptos reguladores como, por ejemplo, el «principio de precaución»; b) la operacionalización de la regulación; o c) la manera en la que los actores pueden reaccionar ante una determinada función que la regulación confiere a alguno de esos conceptos (Luján y Todt 2008).…”
Section: Los Conceptos Reguladores Como Conceptos Puenteunclassified
“…Este tipo de metodologías ya se está aplicando en la limpieza de vertidos tóxicos, estudios sobre los efectos del tabaco, la evaluación de la toxicidad de sustancias químicas y la regulación de la biotecnología (Cranor 2004(Cranor , 2006Todt y Luján 2008).…”
Section: La Incertidumbre Científicaunclassified
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