Public participation and rural management of Brazilian waters: an alternative to the deficit model

The knowledge deficit model with regard to the public has been severely criticized in the sociology of the public perception of science. However, when dealing with public decisions regarding scientific matters, political and scientific institutions insist on defending the deficit model. The idea tha...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Luís Piolli, Maria Conceição da Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sissa Medialab 2008-12-01
Series:JCOM: Journal of Science Communication
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Online Access:http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/07/04/Jcom0704%282008%29A01/Jcom0704%282008%29A01.pdf