Nanotechnology as an experiment in democracy: How do citizens form opinions about technology and policy?

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1521-1531

  Priest, Susanna Hornig ^a   Greenhalgh, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deliberative democracy; Governance; Panel study; Public opinion; Public policy; Regulating risks

Indexed keywords

DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE; PANEL STUDY; PUBLIC OPINION; REGULATING RISKS;

EXPERIMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MASS MEDIUM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 79956105229     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0229-y     Document Type: Review

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