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Vision Assessment: Shaping Technology in 21st Century Society

Towards a Repertoire for Technology Assessment

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Editors:
  1. John Grin

    1. Afdeling Politicologie, Universiteit van Amsterdam, DL Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  2. Armin Grunwald

    1. Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

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  • Scientific monograph treating the question how visions about future technologies can be assessed with regard to their sociological impact

Part of the book series: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment (ETHICSSCI, volume 4)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Outline

    1. Outline

      • Michael Decker, John Grin, Armin Grunwald, Peter Mambrey, Rob Reuzel, August Tepper et al.
      Pages 1-6

  6. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-189
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    2. The Lessons we Learnt: First Outline of Strategy and a Methodical Repertoire for Vision Assessment

      • John Grin, Armin Grunwald, Michael Decker, Peter Mambrey, Rob Reuzel, Gert Jan van der Wilt
      Pages 169-189

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 191-192
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About this book

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 as well as the need for public legitimation. This volume draws upon insights from technology assessment, political sciences, epistemology, sociology and ethics. It is to contribute to the recent literature in on "shaping technology", taking into account the "co-evolution of technology and society". It connects to that technology assessment literature that emphasises TA's pro-active role and its contribution to political judgement.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Afdeling Politicologie, Universiteit van Amsterdam, DL Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    John Grin

  • Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Armin Grunwald

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Vision Assessment: Shaping Technology in 21st Century Society

  • Book Subtitle: Towards a Repertoire for Technology Assessment

  • Editors: John Grin, Armin Grunwald

  • Series Title: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59702-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64092-6Published: 18 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-59702-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1860-4803

  • Series E-ISSN: 1860-4811

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 192

  • Topics: Engineering, general, Ethics, Environment, general, Business and Management, general

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