Using data from European experiments permitting the public to help determine the usage of technological innovation, Dorothy Nelkin provides information on a process involving difficult social choices. She examines the question of whether the public should be entitled to a say in determining the impact of technological processes on their daily lives. She details individual government efforts to promote broader public participation in decision-making. The book will be of value to all those concerned wth the social and policy dimensions of science and technology. 'Professor Nelkin's essay is written with the clarity and precision characteristic of her earlier writings. Apart from its value as a summary of information not readi
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