Hagendijk, R., and Irwin, A. (2006), Public Deliberation and Governance: Engaging with Science and Technology in Contemporary Europe, Minerva 44, 167-184.
Whilst public engagement in decisions concerning science and technology is widely extolled, research shows that the application of deliberative democratic theory remains – at least in Europe – highly constrained. Science and technology policy requires closer attention to the wider context of governance and the compatibility of public deliberation with established modes of policy-making.
