ABSTRACT
Since the end of WWII, with the increasing influence of science and technology (S&T) on socioeconomic life and the increase of S&T factors in public affairs, there has been a growing demand for expertise in today’s public decision-making. Since the expertise involved in such decision-making is way beyond the knowledge of decision makers, scientists have gained wide and profound access into policy processes owing to their superiority in knowledge. They have become important actors in public decision-making processes, which have consequently been more and more strongly characterized by being as scientific they are political (Golden, 1991).
