Glover, Dominic

This article presents a number of contributions from an e-forum debate on issues of representation in citizen juries and similar participatory approaches in Deliberative and Inclusionary Processes which grew out of a citizen jury and scenario workshop in southern India.

This paper considers the challenges entailed in applying the principles and methods of public participation to national and international policy processes. It draws on evidence from the field of biotechnology policy and bio-safety regulation in Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States and Zimbabwe.