@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2018.0286, 

TITLE={Technical democracy through the lens of social sciences}, 
  
AUTHOR={Jean-Claude Ruano-Borbalan, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Technology and Innovation}, 
	
VOLUME={3}, 

NUMBER={Issue 4}, 
	
YEAR={2018}, 

URL={https://openscience.fr/Technical-democracy-through-the-lens-of-social-sciences}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2018.0286}, 
	
ISSN={2399-8571}, 
	
ABSTRACT={This article focuses on the one hand, on the insurmountable existing difference between a democratic ideal which emphasizes citizen empowerment (in the contemporary deliberative and participatory approaches) and on the other hand, upon the existence of dramatic bias and constraints (cognitive and sociological mainly, but also political, institutional norms, etc.). It uses social sciences, psychology and notably organizational theory to grasp the understanding of problem, and possibly give some ways to encompass the huge contradictions.}}