Concerns about mobile phone masts are often put down as unfounded fears of health risks. However, our ethnographic study of mast siting controversies shows that citizens mostly want to be democratically involved in the siting decisions. There is no room for such engagement in the national antenna policy, thus, citizens shift their attention to the possibility of health risks. The national government responds to this with more research and risk communication. However, the centrality of science leads to a shift in the discussion towards the credibility of science. Even a Klankbordgroep (Sounding Board) with all stakeholders fails to change the focus. This article shows that local conflicts are not so much the result of individual concerns, which is the subject of many social sciences studies, but are the outcome of a dynamic interaction between governments, citizens and scientists. Governments should not frame a local issue only in terms of a scientific problem. |
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Zorgen over zendmasten: hoe een maatschappelijk debat verengd wordt tot de definiëring van gezondheidsrisico’s |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 2 2014 |
Trefwoorden | wicked problems, mobile phone, policy controversy |
Auteurs | Marijke Hermans, Marjolein van Asselt en Wim Passchier |
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Politiek, participatie en experts in de besluitvorming over super wicked problems |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 2 2014 |
Trefwoorden | wicked problems, scientific knowledge, social engineering, deliberative democracy |
Auteurs | Tamara Metze en Esther Turnhout |
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This special issue focusses on deliberative elements in deciding over wicked problems. We present four case studies in which some form of deliberation was organized: the placement of mobile phone masts, hydraulic fracturing for shale gas, the failed HPV vaccination campaign and climate dialogues organized to enhance deliberative knowledge production over climate change. The case studies demonstrate how each of the deliberative processes has become politicized and that deliberative governance runs the risk of turning into a technocratic policy approach. |
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