Parliaments and Technology

The Development of Technology Assessment in Europe

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

402 kr

Tillfälligt slut

Beskrivning

The first comparative analysis of the development and practice of technology assessment in different national settings.Parliaments and Technology explores an issue critically important to the practice of democracy everywhere: How do citizens and elected officials assess the opportunities and costs of new technologies that may profoundly impact their societies' future? For example, what are the social and moral implications of gene patents, reproductive technology, cloning and genetic engineering or of virtually unlimited access to information? Technology assessment has become one of the most important methodologies for aiding legislatures in analyzing and deliberating such questions.The first comparative analysis of the development and practice of parliamentary technology assessment in different national settings, this book explains the origins, methods, and impacts in five European countries-Britain, France, Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands-and the European Parliament. It also provides a theoretical framework for comparing the institutionalization of new functions in different parliamentary systems and the influence of national political cultures on the conceptualization and operation of these new agencies.Contributors include Josée van Eijndhoven, John Grin, Dick Holdsworth, Rob Hoppe, Simon Jos, Lars Klüver, Todd M. La Porte, Maurice Laurent, Michael Norton, Herbert Paschen, Thomas Petermann, and Norman J. Vig.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-11-04
Mått:150 x 227 x 22 mm
Vikt:567 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:399
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791443040

Utforska kategorier

Statsvetenskap och politisk teori inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Norman J. Vig is Professor of Political Science and the Winifred and Atherton Bean Professor of Science, Technology and Society at Carleton College. He is coauthor or coeditor of several books including Technology and Politics, Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-first Century, and The Global Environment: Institutions, Law, and Policy. Herbert Paschen is Acting Director of the Technology Assessment Bureau of the German Parliament and former Director of the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis at the Research Center in Karlsruhe.

Recensioner i media

"…comprehensive … with excellent, thorough analyses." — Perspectives on Political Science"I learned a great deal about the politics, culture, and institutions of the five countries explored, both from the carefully done national case studies and the cross-national comparisons. I found it fascinating. It makes an important intellectual contribution to the study of comparative/European politics." — David Vogel, University of California, Berkeley

Innehållsförteckning

ForewordPrefaceAcronymsPart One. Technology Assessment in the United States and Europe 1. Introduction: Technology Assessment in Comparative PerspectiveNorman J. Vig and Herbert Paschen2. Technology Assessment Units in the European Parliamentary SystemsThomas Petermann Part Two. Parliamentary Technology Assessment Institutions: Case Studies 3. Origins and Functions of the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and TechnologyMichael Norton4. The Technology Assessment Bureau of the German ParliamentHerbert Paschen5. France: Office Parlementaire d'Evaluation des Choix Scientifiques et TechnologiquesMaurice Laurent6. The Netherlands: Technology Assessment from Academically Oriented Analyses to Support of Public DebateJosée van Eijndhoven7. The Danish Board of TechnologyLars Klüver8. Parliamentary Technology Assessment by STOA at the European ParliamentDick Holdsworth Part Three. Cross-National Comparisons of Technology Assessment 9. Shaping the Information Revolution: The Information Superhighway and Parliamentary Technology AssessmentTodd M. La Porte10. Traffic Problems Go Through the Technology Assessment Machine: A Culturalist ComparisonRobert Hoppe and John Grin11. Participation in Parliamentary Technology Assessment: From Theory to PracticeSimon Joss Part Four. Summary and Conclusions 12. Conclusions: The European Parliamentary Technology Assessment ExperienceNorman J. VigContributorsInternet AddressesIndex