Justifying public participation in technical decision making

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-46

  Mitcham, Carl ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY;

DEMOCRACY; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; REALIST THEORY; TECHNOCRACY; TECHNOSCIENTIFIC SOCIETY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0031099833     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/44.584650     Document Type: Article

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