Performed and preferred participation in science and technology across Europe: Exploring an alternative idea of "democratic deficit"

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 660-673

  Mejlgaard, Niels ^a   Stares, Sally ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alternative democratic deficit; latent class analysis; public participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880735380     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662512446560     Document Type: Article

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