Overview

The chapters in this book are based on papers prepared for the international workshop on Constructive Technology Assessment, held at the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, 20-22 September 1991. Authors and editors have profited from the discussion and the contributions of participants in the workshop, which gathered eminent scholars in economics of technical change, history and sociology of science and technology, technology assessment, as well as a small number of interested policy-makers. The financial support of the Netherlands Organization for Technology Assessment (NOTA, now The Rathenau Institute), the Dutch ministry of Economic Affairs and the Illinois Institute of Technology's ERIF programme is acknowledged.

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Author:   Arie Rip ,  etc.
Publisher:   Cengage Learning EMEA
Imprint:   Cengage Learning EMEA
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781855673403

ISBN 10:   1855673401
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   22 June 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Part 1: The Constructive Technology Assessment Discourse: Technology Assessment and Reflexive Social Learning: observations from the Risk Field, Bryan Wynne; (Constructive) Technology Assessment: An Economic Perspective, Luc Soete. Part 2: Steering Technology is Difficult but Possible: The Danish Wind-Turbine Story: Technical Solutions to Political Visions?, Ulrik Jorgensen and Peter Karnoe; Steering Technology Development Through Computer-Aided Design, Gary Lee Downey; Risk Analysis and Rival Technical Trajectories: Consumer Safety in Bread and Butter, Fred Steward. Part 3: Experiments with Social Learning: Learning About Learning in the Development of Biotechnology, Jaap Jelsma; User Representations: Practices, Methods and Sociology, Madeleine Akrich; Technologies as Social Experiments. The Construction and Implementation of a High-Tech Waste Disposal Site, Ralf Herbold; Pollution Prevention, Cleaner Technologies and Industry, Arne Remmen. Part 4: Constructive Technology Assessment - The Case of Medical Technologies: Why the Development Process Should Be Part of Medical Technology Assessment: Examples from the Development of Medical Ultrasound, Ellen B. Koch; Social Criteria in the Commercialization of Human Reproductive Technology, Vivien Walsh; Decision Structures and Technology Diffusion: Technical and Therapeutic Trajectories for Diabetes Care, Thea Weijers. Part 5: Analysis of Possibilities for Change: Technological Conception and Adoption Network: Lessons for the CTA Practitioner, Michel Callon; Firm Strategies and Technical Choices, Rod Coombs. Epilogue: Managing Technology in Society: Toward Constructive Technology Assessment, Arie Rip, Thomas J. Misa and Johan Schot; Index.

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