Participation as Post-Fordist Politics
Demos, New Labour, and Science Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10282939 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Thorpe (0000-0002-8588-0507, University of California San Diego, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 389-411 |
| Publication date | 2010-11-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Minerva (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-4695 • E-ISSN: 1573-1871 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11024-010-9157-8 |
| PMID | 21258426 |
| PMCID | PMC2999726 |
| OpenAlex | W2143604051 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 40 |
In recent years, British science policy has seen a significant shift 'from deficit to dialogue' in conceptualizing the relationship between science and the public. Academics in the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) have been influential as advocates of the new public engagement agenda. However, this participatory agenda has deeper roots in the political ideology of the Third Way. A framing of participation as a politics suited to post-Fordist conditions was put forward in the magazine Marxism Today in the late 1980s, developed in the Demos thinktank in the 1990s, and influenced policy of the New Labour government. The encouragement of public participation and deliberation in relation to science and technology has been part of a broader implementation of participatory mechanisms under New Labour. This participatory program has been explicitly oriented toward producing forms of social consciousness and activity seen as essential to a viable knowledge economy and consumer society. STS arguments for public engagement in science have gained influence insofar as they have intersected with the Third Way politics of post-Fordism
Citizen journalism · Deliberation · Economics · Economy · Fordism · Framing (construction · Government (linguistics · Ideology · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public engagement · Public policy · Public relations · Science policy · Social science · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Engineering · Law · Public Administration · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
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| Unique citing works | 28 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |