Democracy in a Technological Society

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Abstract: TOC (* - separate procite entry) intro: L. Winner * part 1 - the nature of the problem technology, power, and truth: political and epistemological reflections on the fourth revolution. m.w. wartofsky * technology and democracy. j. ellul mechanical dreams: democracy and technological discourse in twentieth-century france. r.l. frost * part 2 - some proposed solutions marxism and the democratic control of technology. p.t. durbin populism and the cult of the expert. l.a. hickman autonomous technology, democracy, and the nimbys. j. fielder technology, bayesian policymaking, and democratic process. k.shrader-frechette the nuts and bolts of democracy: democratic theory and technological design: r. e. sclove. part 3 - historical and cultural reflections. (tend to befrom political philosophers, really focusing on a philosophical perspective, no TOC or abstracts)