Vision Assessment: Shaping Technology in 21st Century Society
Towards a Repertoire for Technology Assessment
Editors: Grin, John, Grunwald, Armin (Eds.)
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One way to shape technology and its embedding in society in the 21st century is through the visions that guide their development, especially concerning the long-term societal perspective. A critical discussion and assessment of these visions is a prerequisite for influencing the course of development. Technology assessment, therefore, has to provide a methodological repertoire for assessing and constructing visions, taking into account the requirements for long-term orientation and the need for public legitimation. This volume draws upon insights from technology assessment (TA), political sciences, epistemology, sociology and ethics. It contributes to the recent literature on "shaping technology", taking into account the "co-evolution of technology and society". It is connected to the TA literature that emphasises TA's pro-active role and its contricution to political judgement. It uses those insights from policy planning and epistemology that may help to reconcile long-term planning and public legitimacy.
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Outline
Pages 1-6
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Vision Assessment to Support Shaping 21st Century Society? Technology Assessment as a Tool for Political Judgement
Pages 9-30
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Technology Assessment as Metaphor Assessment. Visions Guiding the Development of Information and Communications Technologies
Pages 33-51
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Technology Assessment in the Health Care Area: A Matter of Uncovering or of Covering Up?
Pages 53-69
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Bloodless War or Bloody Non-Sense? Technology Assessment’s Role in Uncovering Old Propositions behind New Airpower Concepts
Pages 71-96
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Vision Assessment: Shaping Technology in 21st Century Society
- Book Subtitle
- Towards a Repertoire for Technology Assessment
- Editors
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- John Grin
- Armin Grunwald
- Series Title
- Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment
- Series Volume
- 4
- Copyright
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-642-59702-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-59702-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-642-64092-6
- Series ISSN
- 1860-4803
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 192
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