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Political experiments that matter: Ordering democracy from experimental sites.

Brice Laurent1

  • 1Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation (CSI), Mines ParisTech, Paris, France.

Social Studies of Science
|September 27, 2017
PubMed
Summary

This study examines how political experiments gain significance beyond their immediate site. It explores three key spaces—participation, critique, and governance—revealing insights into the evolving nature of French democracy and public administration.

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Area of Science:

  • Science and Technology Studies (STS)
  • Political Science
  • Sociology of Science

Background:

  • Recent scholarship in STS has explored 'political experiments'.
  • A gap exists in understanding the broader significance and impact of these experiments.
  • Theorizing experiments requires examining the wider spaces in which they matter.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate why and how political experiments matter.
  • To identify the spaces that confer significance upon experiments.
  • To analyze the implications for democratic ordering.

Main Methods:

  • Case study analysis of nanotechnology debates in France.
  • Identification and examination of three distinct spaces where experiments gain traction.
Keywords:
democracynanotechnologypolitical experimentstechnologies of participation

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  • Qualitative analysis of public administration practices and democratic transformation.

    • Main Results:

    • Three spaces contributing to the significance of political experiments were identified: replication of participation technologies, radical critique, and constitution of government objects.
    • These spaces reveal an ongoing transformation in French democracy.
    • New elements, like 'citizens as locals' and nanoparticulate substances, are being incorporated into the French polity.

    Conclusions:

    • Studying political experiments provides analytical entry points for understanding democratic ordering.
    • The findings illuminate the complex processes of public administration in incorporating novel elements.
    • The research contributes to a nuanced understanding of contemporary democratic challenges and transformations.