RIS ID
109036
Abstract
Public scientific controversies are often the enemy of deliberation, because debating and winning take precedence over an open-minded examination of options. Nevertheless, forms of deliberation do occur throughout controversies, including what can be called "partisan deliberation" in which campaigners on each side of an issue refine and coordinate their respective positions. As well, there are other opportunities for deliberation created by controversies, though the conditions are far from ideal.
Publication Details
Martin, B. (2016). Public Controversy and Partisan Deliberation. DEMESCI: International Journal of Deliberative Mechanism in Science, 4 (1), 1-21.