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- Title
Vox populi and public policy: why should we care?
- Authors
Miller, Henry I.
- Abstract
Presents a Debate against Vox populi and public policy. Requirement of an understanding of subtle and complex scientific and technological phenomena for public policy; Prominence of non-experts in formulating public policy decisions; Government sponsored series of public discussions for gauging public opinion to decide on commercial planting of genetically modified crops; Mission of the US National Science Foundation (NSF), of supporting laboratory research across many disciplines by funding a series of "citizens technology forums; Goal of policy formulation in getting right answers.
- Subjects
DEBATE; PUBLIC opinion; POLITICAL planning; GENETIC engineering of crops; NATIONAL Science Foundation (U.S.)
- Publication
Nature Biotechnology, 2003, Vol 21, Issue 12, p1431
- ISSN
1087-0156
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nbt1203-1431