Public Engagement and Emerging Technologies

This multidisciplinary collection examines how publics engage with the governance of emerging technologies, with a focus on genomic technologies. Presented by O'Doherty (psychology, U. of Guelph, Canada) and Einsiedel (communication studies, U. of Calgary, Canada), 18 chapters examine general theoretical questions of democratic participation and its role in the development of science and technology, the external conditions for creating democratic legitimacy in forms of public participation in biotechnology, legitimacy in the processes of deliberation, and the institutional and socio-cultural contexts of participation. Distributed in the US by the U. of Washington Press and in Canada by the U. of Toronto Press. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Kieran O'Doherty is an assistant professor inthe Department of Psychology at the University of Guelph.Edna Einsiedel is a professor of communicationstudies in the Department of Communication and Culture atthe University of Calgary.