Risk and the Public Acceptance of New Technologies

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Risk and the Public Acceptance of New Technologies....Pages 1-23
Public Dialogue and the Scientific Citizen....Pages 24-40
On the Signature of New Technologies: Materiality, Sociality and Practical Reasoning....Pages 41-65
Public Acceptance of New Technologies in Food Products and Production....Pages 66-85
Making Sense of Uncertainty and Precaution: the Example of Mobile Telecommunications....Pages 86-106
Against the Stream: Moving Public Engagement on Nanotechnologies Upstream....Pages 107-125
Public Acceptability of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Transport and Associated Refuelling Infrastructures....Pages 126-153
Social Representations of Hydrogen Technologies: a Community-Owned Wind-Hydrogen Project....Pages 154-174
Stakeholders’ and Publics’ Perceptions of Hydrogen Energy Technologies....Pages 175-197
Technological Transitions and Public Engagement: Competing Visions of a Hydrogen Fuel Station....Pages 198-220
Towards a Sustainable Energy Future: Participatory Foresight and Appraisal as a Response to Managing Uncertainty and Contested Social Values....Pages 221-247
Conclusions....Pages 248-260
Back Matter....Pages 261-264