'Don't make nanotechnology sexy, ensure its benefits, and be neutral': Studying the logics of new intermediary institutions in ambiguous governance contexts
'Don't make nanotechnology sexy, ensure its benefits, and be neutral': Studying the logics of new intermediary institutions in ambiguous governance contexts
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DOI：
10.1093/scipol/sct054
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发表时间：
2013-08-01
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2.7
通讯作者：
Am, Heidrun
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作者：
Am, Heidrun
本文提出了一种新的研究中介机构，特别是在科学政策的关系中介机构的理论方法。在科学和政治之间进行调解的中介机构经常被从“边界组织”的角度来看待。但是，这种模型，纳入委托代理理论的假设，是不适合捕捉案例研究（中介机构）在模糊的治理背景。事实上，对于新的治理行为体的崛起所产生的实质性影响，例如对新兴技术的治理，缺乏系统的研究。因此，我们需要一个新的理论词汇来把握中介机构是如何产生的，以及它们在实践中是如何发挥作用的。本文通过分析纳米技术观测站项目的缺点来解决这一差距。借鉴演员网络理论和政治话语理论，本文概述了一个三重框架的基础上的逻辑概念，转移研究的重点，对基于上下文的案例研究的分析中介。
This paper suggests a new theoretical approach to studying intermediary institutions, particularly intermediary institutions at the science-policy nexus. Intermediary institutions that mediate between science and politics have often been approached from the perspective of 'boundary organizations'. But this model, incorporating assumptions of principal-agent theory, is not suitable for capturing case studies (of intermediary institutions) in ambiguous governance contexts. Indeed, there is a lack of systemic studies of the material implications that the rise of new governance actors has, for example for governing emerging technologies. Therefore, we need a new theoretical vocabulary to grasp how intermediary institutions emerge and how they work in practice. This paper addresses this gap by analysing the shortcomings of a nanotechnology observatory project. Drawing on both actor network theory and political discourse theory, the paper outlines a three-fold framework based on the concept of logics that shifts the focus of research toward an analysis of context-based case studies of intermediaries.