Science, Technology, and Democracy

Science, Technology, and DemocracyExamines restrictions and potentialities for public access to science and technology decision making. Activists, scientists, and scholars in the social sciences and humanities explore in productive dialogue what it means to democratize science and technology. The contributors consider what role lay people can have in a realm traditionally restricted to experts, and examine the socio economic and ideological barriers to creating a science oriented more

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Klaver addresses questions as disparate as the social constructedness of the body

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An activist group works to bring a multicultural education program to an urban public school system

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a person may remain stagnant and never reach their full potential

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his childhood experiences stayed with him and ultimately influenced his decision to make journalism his life's work

This book combines theories of power with empirical material on children’s lives across the world to propose a novel framework for understanding kid power