The Scientific State: A Theory with Hypotheses

Schmandt, Jürgen; Katz, James E.

doi:10.1177/027046768601100105

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“…[36], [37], and [38]. A core interest in this research involves the nature of democratizing otherwise traditional, exclusive, and elitist forms of science, as well as the implications of technological change for governance and the role of public participation within this process [39] and [40]. It is argued that deliberative processes can result in a more meritocratic form of science which increases the quality, effectiveness, and legitimacy of solutions to societal problems [41].…”

Section: Democratizing Space Science Research and Explorationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fund Me to the Moon: Crowdfunding and the New Space Economy

2019

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The likes of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos now occupy the headlines once dominated by Apollo and Soyuz. Described as New Space versus Old Space, debate surrounds the emerging commercial space industry and the role of nontraditional actors in the evolving contemporary space exploration environment. This article enters this debate by adopting a sociological approach to investigate the role of crowdfunding in financing space exploration today. We interview crowdfunded space project creators in disparate locations, from Moscow to Silicon Valley, who attracted capital ranging from $200 to over $1 million. We attempt to uncover their experiences using this distinctly social financing mechanism and find that although crowdfunding is unlikely to solve all of today's research funding conundrums, it does appear to increase access to space in unique ways. We argue, however, that the most interesting dynamic of this phenomenon is the way in which crowdfunding contributes to an increasingly democratic exploration environment and how this might impact space science research and the power structures of the space industry. This article concludes by considering possible implications of this trend and derives practical suggestions for both policymakers and individuals who may be considering the use of crowdfunding to finance space science research and exploration projects.

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Section: Democratizing Space Science Research and Explorationmentioning

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Fund Me to the Moon: Crowdfunding and the New Space Economy

2019

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“…Technological thoughtways permeate our language, our culture, and the conceptual processes of both the middle and upper levels of our political leadership. [41] In a culture such as ours, "the authority of science needs to be brought to bear in the service of ecological literacy if a perspective on the environment is to have sufficient credibility to create general agreement that environmentally sound policies should be adopted." [42] For its part, science needs the perspectives offered by a deliberative environmental politics as much as environmentalism needs scientific insight.…”

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Problematic Participants in Deliberative Democracy: Experts, Social Movements, and Environmental Justice

Baber

Bartlett

2007

International Journal of Public Administration

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The debate over conceptions of justice and political legitimacy, as well as democratic theory in general, has taken a deliberative turn. But deliberative democrats have had surprisingly little to say about the role to be played by technical experts and social movements in public deliberation. This is all the more surprising because deliberative theory problematizes the participation of these groups in particular ways. However, we suggest that responses to this problem are implicit in the literature on deliberation and that these responses can be made more concrete by examining the role that experts and social movements play in the struggle for environmental justice.

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Scientific Research, Ethics, Values in Science

Hollander

2000

Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in Biotechnology

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The Scientific State: A Theory with Hypotheses

Cited by 14 publications

References 2 publications

Fund Me to the Moon: Crowdfunding and the New Space Economy

Fund Me to the Moon: Crowdfunding and the New Space Economy

Problematic Participants in Deliberative Democracy: Experts, Social Movements, and Environmental Justice

Scientific Research, Ethics, Values in Science

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