Technological democracy

the long version

Taking as its reference point the development of citizens' participation in energy politics in West Berlin from 1970 to the present, Technological Democracy: Bureaucracy and Citizenry in the German Energy Debate examines the connection between environmental and democratizing concerns in Germany. Carol Hager illuminates what tentative answers environmental groups provide to the question of the citizen's role in technological society. The book explores the ways in which lay citizens can participate in policy decisions of a technical nature and whether in doing so they can repoliticize and democratize those policy areas that have become the territory of experts. Technological Democracy takes an interdisciplinary approach to the questions it addresses. It will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, environmental studies, sociology, and modern German history.