Democratic Transgressions of Law
Governing Technology through Public Participation
Edited by Alfons Bora, Bielefeld University and Heiko Hausendorf, University of Zurich
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Biographical note
Alfons Bora, sociologist and lawyer, Ph.D. (1990) in Sociology, University of Freiburg, Professor of sociology at Bielefeld University, member of the German Ethics Council. He has published extensively on participation including "Technoscientific normativity and the 'iron cage' of law", in Science, Technology & Human Values (2009); with Heiko Hausendorf, Analysing Citizenship Talk (Benjamins 2006).
Heiko Hausendorf, PhD(1987) in linguistics, University of Bielefeld (Germany), professor for German Linguistics at the University of Zurich (Switzerland). His research topics are located in the field of sociolinguistics and linguistic pragmatics with a special interest in conversation analysis. Zugehörigkeit durch Sprache (Niemeyer 2000); with Alfons Bora, Analysing Citizenship Talk (Benjamins 2006).
Heiko Hausendorf, PhD(1987) in linguistics, University of Bielefeld (Germany), professor for German Linguistics at the University of Zurich (Switzerland). His research topics are located in the field of sociolinguistics and linguistic pragmatics with a special interest in conversation analysis. Zugehörigkeit durch Sprache (Niemeyer 2000); with Alfons Bora, Analysing Citizenship Talk (Benjamins 2006).
Readership
All those interested in law and society studies, in science and technology studies, in political sociology, in conversation analysis, as well as general readership in sociology, law, and socio-linguistics.
Table of contents
Introduction
Governing Technology through Public Participation, Alfons Bora and Heiko Hausendorf
PART I: Theoretical Concepts and Questions
1. Discourse, Participation and Sociological Theory, Patrick O’Mahony
2. Biotechnologies and Communication: Participation for Democratic Process, Giuseppe Pellegrini
3. Democratizing Agri-Biotechnology? European Public Participation in Agbiotech Assessment, Les Levidow
PART II: Participation in the Governance of Agro-biotechnology
4. Making Sense on Participation: Sociological Reflections on some Results of a Case-Study on Participation in Administrative Decision-Making, Peter Münte
5. Law and Participation, Matthias Baier
6. Conflicting Forms of Citizenship? Referrals and the Principle of Transparency in Sweden, Henrik Rahm
7. Participation in Italy: The Public and Genetically Modified Crops, Elena Collavin
8. Communicating Quasi-Citizenship? Public Participation in GMO-Release Permitting Procedures in Hungary – A Conversation Analytic Approach, Zsuzsanna Iványi, András Kertész, Kornélia Marinecz
PART III: Reflections on the Future of Participatory Governance
9. Participatory Technology Assessment and the "Institutional Void": Investigating Democratic Theory and Representative Politics, Gabriele Abels
10. Participation and Beyond. Dynamics of Social Positions in Participatory Discourse, Alfons Bora and Heiko Hausendorf
About the Authors
Index
Governing Technology through Public Participation, Alfons Bora and Heiko Hausendorf
PART I: Theoretical Concepts and Questions
1. Discourse, Participation and Sociological Theory, Patrick O’Mahony
2. Biotechnologies and Communication: Participation for Democratic Process, Giuseppe Pellegrini
3. Democratizing Agri-Biotechnology? European Public Participation in Agbiotech Assessment, Les Levidow
PART II: Participation in the Governance of Agro-biotechnology
4. Making Sense on Participation: Sociological Reflections on some Results of a Case-Study on Participation in Administrative Decision-Making, Peter Münte
5. Law and Participation, Matthias Baier
6. Conflicting Forms of Citizenship? Referrals and the Principle of Transparency in Sweden, Henrik Rahm
7. Participation in Italy: The Public and Genetically Modified Crops, Elena Collavin
8. Communicating Quasi-Citizenship? Public Participation in GMO-Release Permitting Procedures in Hungary – A Conversation Analytic Approach, Zsuzsanna Iványi, András Kertész, Kornélia Marinecz
PART III: Reflections on the Future of Participatory Governance
9. Participatory Technology Assessment and the "Institutional Void": Investigating Democratic Theory and Representative Politics, Gabriele Abels
10. Participation and Beyond. Dynamics of Social Positions in Participatory Discourse, Alfons Bora and Heiko Hausendorf
About the Authors
Index
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