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Framing the public: the policy process around xenotransplantation in Latvia and Sweden 1970-2004

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Author

  • Kristofer Hansson
  • Susanne Lundin
  • Jekaterina Kaleja
  • Aivita Putnina
  • Markus Idvall

Summary, in English

A crucial debate is under way concerning the public's participation in biotechnology decision-making processes. This study, concerning the policy process around xenotransplantation (XTP) in Latvia and Sweden in the period 1970-2004, focuses on how scientific experts and politicians view the public and the public's participation in the process of developing policy regarding XTP. Drawing on interviews with actors involved in XTP in each country, we analyse and explain the inclusion and exclusion of publics in policy decision-making processes. In particular, we highlight the significance of the role of scientists and politicians in generating discourses which exclude the public from participation in policy decision-making.

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

629-637

Publication/Series

Science and Public Policy

Volume

38

Issue

8

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Topic

  • Ethnology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1471-5430