ABSTRACT

Despite longstanding critiques, the dominant method of governing technology remains based on processes that abstract away the complexity of human and social factors. They frame political decision-making in terms of risk assessment and cost-benefit analyses. This articles argues that the well-known issues arising from a technocratic method of governance cannot be solely addressed through procedural fixes (i.e. injecting more public participation and layperson perspectives into scientific or policy processes). This approach is, ironically, a technocratic one that views problems and solutions in terms of applying the right method. Rather, there is also a drastic need for research and practice directed not at the citizen side, but at understanding and confronting the politics and power of contemporary technocrats. Put simply, the questions of who governs technology and how they do it are answered through political contest.

摘要

尽管有长期的批评，但支配技术的主要方法仍然基于抽象化人类和社会因素的复杂性的过程。他们根据风险评估和成本效益分析来制定政治决策。本文认为，不能仅通过程序修正（即在科学或政策过程中注入更多的公众参与和非专业人士的观点）来解决由技术官僚治理方法引起的众所周知的问题。具有讽刺意味的是，这种方法是一种技术专家制的方法，它从采用正确方法的角度来看问题和解决方案。而是，对研究和实践的迫切需求不是针对公民，而是针对理解和面对当代技术官僚的政治和力量。简单地说，