Fine Particulate Matters Risk Control in Taiwan: Scientific Debate and Governance
Date Issued
2014
Date
2014
Author(s)
Hsieh, Tzu-Jung
Abstract
This article, started from the concept of globalization of risk, analyzes “Fine Particulate Matters” (PM2.5), a significant disease factor, with the systematic risk in Taiwan culture and citizen epistemology.PM2.5 is an important transboundary pollutant in global and an un-ignorable health issue in the industrial development of Taiwan. The systematic changes facilitated by PM2.5 issue will be used to depict the transformation of citizen epistemology. Examining past issues of Taiwan''s technology governance, the “experts politics” formed by governmental agencies, technocrats tended to use experimental scientific assessment as decision-making principles. But this governance model of "trust" has been facing difficulties. This model leads the government’s malfunction in a variety of risk events. Government lost the trust of the public; and the public criticize the government''s governmental ability. Therefore, the "trust" concept has to be converted and has been converted in Taiwan. According to Jasanoff’s term, "civil epistemology," the self-protection mode in Taiwanese society is changing. From the original "trust" mode to the ongoing trend, it transform to "social movements" combined with "against experts" to seek new knowledge to fight the government technocrats and scientific advisory network, in order to develop social robustness.
Subjects
高科技風險
風險論述
細懸浮微粒
公民認識論
社會信任
Type
thesis
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