Binding: Paperback
Description: Technological advance affects almost all areas of human life. Rapid digitization increased mobility new biotechnologies and nanotechnology deeply influence amongst others industrial production entertainment work military affairs and individual life. Besides overwhelmingly positive effects on wealth comfort innovation and development this also raises questions of unintended effects of tensions with democracy of the role of citizens and of its sustainability facing environmental issues. Tools and procedures are needed to cope with this challenging situation. Technology assessment (T a) has been developed more than fifty years ago to enable science the economy and society to harvest the potential of new technology to the maximum extent possible and to deal responsibly with possible adverse effects. It was developed more than 50 years ago in the U. S. Congress and has diversified considerably in the meantime. Parliamentary T a in many European states and at the international level participatory T a at the local and regional levels worldwide and T a as part of engineering processes are the most relevant fields today. Technology assessment is a growing field of interdisciplinary research and scientific policy advice. This volume (a) gives an overview of motivations of T a its history and its current practices (b) develops a fresh theoretical perspective on T a rooted in social theory and philosophy and (c) draws conclusions from the theoretical perspective for the further development of T a's practices. It provides the first comprehensive view on the growing field of T a at the international level.
Title: Technology Assessment In Practice And Theory
Author(s): Grunwald Armin (Karlsruhe Institute Of Technology Germany)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138337084
Pages: 254 Pages, 5 Tables, Black And White; 10 Line Drawings, Black And White; 10 Illustrations, Black And
Publication Date: 10/24/2018
Category: Research & Development Management