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9780791443040

Parliaments and Technology: The Development of Technology Assessment in Europe

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791443040

  • ISBN10:

    0791443043

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-12-01
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Preface xi
Acronyms xiii
Part One. Technology Assessment in the United States and Europe
Introduction: Technology Assessment in Comparative Perspective
3(34)
Norman J. Vig
Herbert Paschen
Technology Assessment Units in the European Parliamentary Systems
37(28)
Thomas Petermann
Part Two. Parliamentary Technology Assessment Institutions: Case Studies
Origins and Functions of the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
65(28)
Michael Norton
The Technology Assessment Bureau of the German Parliament
93(32)
Herbert Paschen
France: Office Parlementaire d'Evaluation des Choix Scientifiques et Technologiques
125(22)
Maurice Laurent
The Netherlands: Technology Assessment from Academically Oriented Analyses to Support of Public Debate
147(26)
Josee van Eijndhoven
The Danish Board of Technology
173(26)
Lars Kluver
Parliamentary Technology Assessment by STOA at the European Parliament
199(30)
Dick Holdsworth
Part Three. Cross-National Comparisons of Technology Assessment
Shaping the Information Revolution: The Information Superhighway and Parliamentary Technology Assessment
229(44)
Todd M. La Porte
Traffic Problems Go Through the Technology Assessment Machine: A Culturalist Comparison
273(52)
Robert Hoppe
John Grin
Participation in Parliamentary Technology Assessment: From Theory to Practice
325(40)
Simon Joss
Part Four. Summary and Conclusions
Conclusions: The European Parliamentary Technology Assessment Experience
365(20)
Norman J. Vig
Contributors 385(4)
Internet Addresses 389(2)
Index 391

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