Consensus Conferences as Deliberative Democracy: A Communications Perspective Export

@article{citeulike:2663815, abstract = {Consensus conferences involve a small group of citizens who go through a learning process on a given technological issue, engage experts, and develop an assessment of the key issues they identify as critical. These models of technology assessment, intended to make the process more democratic, have increasingly been used in Europe. This study examines the first application in Canada on the issue of food biotechnology. It examines the consensus conference as a model of public deliberation with specific attention to communication processes. 10.1177/1075547000021004001}, author = {Einsiedel, Edna F. and Eastlick, Deborah L.}, citeulike-article-id = {2663815}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1075547000021004001}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://scx.sagepub.com/content/21/4/323.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://scx.sagepub.com/content/21/4/323.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://scx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/4/323}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1075547000021004001}, journal = {Science Communication}, keywords = {citizen, communication, consensus\_conferences, deliberative\_democracy, engagement, perspective, public}, month = {June}, number = {4}, pages = {323--343}, posted-at = {2009-11-03 09:16:15}, priority = {2}, title = {Consensus Conferences as Deliberative Democracy: A Communications Perspective}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1075547000021004001}, volume = {21}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2663815 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2663815 N2 - Consensus conferences involve a small group of citizens who go through a learning process on a given technological issue, engage experts, and develop an assessment of the key issues they identify as critical. These models of technology assessment, intended to make the process more democratic, have increasingly been used in Europe. This study examines the first application in Canada on the issue of food biotechnology. It examines the consensus conference as a model of public deliberation with specific attention to communication processes. 10.1177/1075547000021004001 IS - 4 JF - Science Communication EP - 343 TI - Consensus Conferences as Deliberative Democracy: A Communications Perspective VL - 21 SP - 323 KW - citizen KW - communication KW - consensus_conferences KW - deliberative_democracy KW - engagement KW - perspective KW - public AU - Einsiedel, Edna AU - Eastlick, Deborah PY - 2000/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1075547000021004001 ER -