Parliaments and technology : the development of technology assessment in Europe

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    • Vig, Norman J.
    • Paschen, Herbert
    • Kennet, Lord

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Parliaments and technology : the development of technology assessment in Europe

edited by Norman J. Vig and Herbert Paschen ; foreword by Lord Kennet

State University of New York Press, c2000

  • : pbk

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Includes index

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内容説明

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.

目次

Foreword Preface Acronyms Part One. Technology Assessment in the United States and Europe 1. Introduction: Technology Assessment in Comparative Perspective Norman J. Vig and Herbert Paschen 2. Technology Assessment Units in the European Parliamentary Systems Thomas Petermann Part Two. Parliamentary Technology Assessment Institutions: Case Studies 3. Origins and Functions of the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Michael Norton 4. The Technology Assessment Bureau of the German Parliament Herbert Paschen 5. France: Office Parlementaire d'Evaluation des Choix Scientifiques et Technologiques Maurice Laurent 6. The Netherlands: Technology Assessment from Academically Oriented Analyses to Support of Public Debate Josée van Eijndhoven 7. The Danish Board of Technology Lars Klüver 8. Parliamentary Technology Assessment by STOA at the European Parliament Dick Holdsworth Part Three. Cross-National Comparisons of Technology Assessment 9. Shaping the Information Revolution: The Information Superhighway and Parliamentary Technology Assessment Todd M. La Porte 10. Traffic Problems Go Through the Technology Assessment Machine: A Culturalist Comparison Robert Hoppe and John Grin 11. Participation in Parliamentary Technology Assessment: From Theory to Practice Simon Joss Part Four. Summary and Conclusions 12. Conclusions: The European Parliamentary Technology Assessment Experience Norman J. Vig Contributors Internet Addresses Index

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