Interdisciplinarity in Technology Assessment Implementation and its Chances and Limits

Technology Assessment processes can be taken as a paradigm for interdisciplinary research. It is expected that interdisciplinary Technology Assessment is able to find solutions for actual sociopolitical problems that go beyond those expectable from one individual scientific discipline alone. The com...

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Other Authors: Decker, M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2001, 2001
Edition:1st ed. 2001
Series:Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Methodology of Technology Assessment
  • 1 Participatory Technology Assessment. Some Critical Questions
  • 3 Business as Usual: On the Prospects of Normality in Scientific Research
  • 4 Rational Technology Assessment as Interdisciplinary Research
  • 5 To assess rationality before anything else. A remark on the legitimacy of Rational Technology Assessment
  • II Technology Assessment as Policy Consulting
  • 6 Parliament, Paradox and Policy
  • 7 The Politics of Technology Assessment
  • 9 The Role of Scientific Input and Public Participation for Technology Assessment
  • IV Case Studies
  • 10 The Ethics of Technology Assessment in Health Care
  • 11 Transition Management: a promising policy perspective
  • 12 The Inclusion of Stakeholder Perspectives in Integrated Assessment of Climate Change