Lay Public or Experts? e‐Participation in Authorization for GMO Products in the European Union

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ID7998399
AutoresMaria Paola Ferretti (0000-0001-8730-5066, University of Bremen), Matteo Lener (0000-0003-3778-2491, Fondazione FADOI)
Año2008
Volumen25
Número6
Páginas507-525
Fecha de publicación2008-11-19
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReview of Policy Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-1338.2008.00359.x
OpenAlexW2020618265
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas23

In the European Union, for the first time, lay people can participate directly in the procedure of assessment of GMO (genetically modified organisms) products, an exercise normally reserved for scientists and legal experts. What makes this a unique strategy of participation is that for each single application for authorization, lay people have the opportunity to express their views. This article presents the result of the first in‐depth analysis of this type of Internet participatory exercise in the first years of its implementation. It shows that, despite generally participatory technology assessment aims at deliberative consensus on technical questions, this forum is instead a way to expose the work of regulative authorities to public scrutiny and to express dissent and opposition to the European Commission policy on GMOs

Authorization · Business · Citizen journalism · Commission · Computer security · Dissent · Dissenting opinion · European commission · European union · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Public participation · Public relations · Scrutiny · Work (physics · Computer Science · Copyright and Intellectual Property · Engineering · Genetically Modified Organisms Research · Intellectual Property and Patents · Law · Public Administration