Democratic Experiments : Problematizing Nanotechnology and Democracy in Europe and the United States / / Brice Laurent.

This book looks at the democratic constructions surrounding public debates about issues related to scientific and technological development, specifically in this case nanotechnology. Brice Laurent argues that nanotechnology is a lens through which one can build a theoretical and practical approach t...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, Massachusetts : : MIT Press,, [2017]
©[2017]
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Inside technology
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 261 pages) :; 1 illustration; digital, PDF file(s).
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Summary:This book looks at the democratic constructions surrounding public debates about issues related to scientific and technological development, specifically in this case nanotechnology. Brice Laurent argues that nanotechnology is a lens through which one can build a theoretical and practical approach to the study of contemporary democracies, exploring the joint production of nanotechnology itself and democratic order and identifying questions related to the exercise of citizenship, forms of national sovereignty, and channels of political legitimacy. This book helps increase visibility of and accessibility to STS methodologies for scholars and practitioners outside the field of science, technology, and society.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-255) and index.
ISBN:0262344491
0262344475
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Brice Laurent.