Martin, Aaron K. and Whitley, Edgar A. (2007) Managing Public Expectations of Technological Systems: A Case Study of a Problematic Government Project. Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science, 1 (1). pp. 67-77. ISSN 1913 0465
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Abstract
In this discussion piece we address how the UK government has attempted to manage public expectations of a proposed biometric identity scheme by focussing attention on the handheld, i.e., the ID card. We suggest that this strategy of expectations management seeks to downplay the complexity and uncertainty surrounding this high-technological initiative, necessitating the selective use of expertise for the purpose of furthering government objectives. In this process, government often relegates counterexpertise, if not dismissing it outright, thereby greatly politicizing the policy deliberation process. We argue that this manoeuvring by government spells trouble for both democratic deliberation on the issue of biometric identification in the UK and, more generally, expertise-based policy making in related technological ventures.
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| Keywords: | expertise, technology, policy, expectation management, biometric identification | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Science and Policy Specific Sciences > Sociology |
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| Depositing User: | Jessie Hall | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 17 Dec 2018 17:52 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2018 17:52 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 15463 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science | |||||||||
| Publisher: | The University of Toronto | |||||||||
| Official URL: | https://spontaneousgenerations.library.utoronto.ca... | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | https://doi.org/10.4245/sponge.v1i1.2973 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Science and Policy Specific Sciences > Sociology |
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| Date: | 8 December 2007 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 67-77 | |||||||||
| Volume: | 1 | |||||||||
| Number: | 1 | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 1913 0465 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15463 |
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