Article ID: CBB163549754

How Economic Assumptions Constitute Publics as Consumers in South African Nanotechnology Governance (2017)

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Over the last 30 years a variety of techniques have been developed that aim to democratize science and technology, which have been variably referred to as ‘formalized mechanisms of voicing’ , or ‘technologies of democracy’ . The emergence of these engagement activities coincided with the growing impact of neoliberal reforms on the governance of science and technology. Although neoliberalism should not be seen as a monolithic and static ideology, there are several reoccurring characteristics that are widely understood to have led to an erosion of political institutions for public representation, like the tendency to favor markets over governments, trade liberalization over national protectionism, and individual economic self-responsibility over social redistributive measures. Public engagement activities with science and technology, in this context, can be understood as attempts to create new political spaces for publics to have a voice.

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Authors & Contributors
Kurtulmus, A Faik
Irzik, Gürol
Gisle Solbu
Deborah H. Oughton
Heidrun Åm
Brice Laurent
Concepts
Public policy
Democracy
Science and politics
Nanotechnology
Technology and society
Science and government
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
United States
South Africa
Japan
Great Britain
Peru
Norway
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