ISBN:
9780429809705
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (275 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Grunwald, Armin, 1960 - Technology assessment in practice and theory
Parallel Title:
Print version Grunwald, Armin Technology Assessment in Practice and Theory
DDC:
303.483
Keywords:
Technology assessment
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- List of abbreviations -- Foreword -- 1. Guide to the book -- 1.1 Motivation and objectives -- 1.2 Preliminary understanding of TA -- 1.3 Theory in the making -- 1.4 The way from practice to theory -- 1.5 The chapters -- 2. Motivations for technology assessment -- 2.1 Increasing influence of science and technology -- 2.2 The ambivalence of technology: innovation and risk -- 2.2.1 Classifying the consequences of technology -- 2.2.2 Innovation -- 2.2.3 Unintended effects -- 2.2.4 Risk society -- 2.3 Technology conflicts -- 2.4 Technocracy -- 2.5 Sustainable development -- 2.6 Techno-visionary communication -- 2.7 Science/society interface -- 3. Technology assessment in action -- 3.1 Brief history -- 3.1.1 Predecessors of technology assessment -- 3.1.2 Technology assessment in the U.S. Congress -- 3.1.3 Spread and diversification -- 3.1.4 Technology assessment today -- 3.1.5 The trinity of TA -- 3.2 Technology assessment as policy advice -- 3.2.1 Parliamentary technology assessment -- 3.2.2 Advice to governments and authorities -- 3.2.3 Global assessments -- 3.2.4 Main challenges: independence and impartiality -- 3.3 Technology assessment and public dialogue -- 3.3.1 Participatory technology assessment -- 3.3.2 Main challenge: legitimization -- 3.4 Technology assessment in the making of technology -- 3.4.1 Constructive technology assessment (CTA) -- 3.4.2 Prospective systems analysis -- 3.4.3 Value-oriented technology development -- 3.4.4 Main challenge: balancing involvement and distance -- 3.5 Neighbors and relatives of technology assessment -- 4. Theory I: The assessment process -- 4.1 Cognitive interest of TA: enhancing reflexivity -- 4.1.1 A model of technology assessment.
Abstract:
4.1.2 Conceptual dimensions: anticipation, inclusion, and complexity -- 4.1.3 Implications -- 4.1.4 Defining technology assessment -- 4.2 Ontology of TA: the objects of assessment -- 4.2.1 Technology -- 4.2.2 Consequences of technology and the issue of causality -- 4.2.3 Societal meaning -- 4.3 Micro-epistemology: knowledge for TA -- 4.3.1 Classification of TA knowledge -- 4.3.2 Prospective knowledge -- 4.3.2.1 Epistemological view on anticipation -- 4.3.2.2 Modes of consequentialist orientation -- 4.3.3 Hermeneutic knowledge -- 4.3.3.1 Narratives of the future -- 4.3.3.2 Definitions and characterizations -- 4.4 Macro-epistemology: the assessment -- 4.4.1 What is assessment? -- 4.4.2 Socio-epistemic requirements -- 4.4.3 Key elements of the assessment process -- 4.4.3.1 Setting the stage -- 4.4.3.2 Contextualization -- 4.4.3.3 Integration -- 4.4.3.4 Evaluation -- 4.4.3.5 Orientation -- 4.4.4 Social Epistemology of TA: an outlook -- 4.4.4.1 Social Epistemology -- 4.4.4.2 The structure of TA expertise -- 4.5 Relations with TA's conceptual history -- 5. Theory II: Technology assessment in society -- 5.1 Technology assessment in social theory -- 5.1.1 Pragmatism -- 5.1.2 Modernizing modernity -- 5.2 Technology assessment in technology governance -- 5.2.1 Technology determinism -- 5.2.2 Social constructivism and co-evolution -- 5.2.3 Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) -- 5.3 Role concepts of technology assessment -- 5.3.1 Landscape of role concepts -- 5.3.2 TA as honest broker -- 5.4 The transformative power of TA -- 6. Back to TA practice: Lessons learned -- 6.1 What has been achieved by theorizing TA? -- 6.2 Designing TA projects -- 6.3 Reflection on TA methodology -- 6.3.1 TA methods: more than a toolkit -- 6.3.2 Living with the Control Dilemma -- 6.3.3 Dealing with complexity -- 6.3.4 Towards a TA methodology
Abstract:
6.4 From alternative options to real-world impact -- 6.4.1 The responsibility of TA for achieving impact -- 6.4.2 Quality criteria of TA: balancing excellence and relevance -- 6.4.3 Professional ethics of TA -- 6.5 Extending TA's scope: developing countries -- 6.6 Teaching technology assessment -- 6.7 Final remarks -- 7. Perspectives -- 7.1 The TA road ahead: opportunities and challenges -- 7.1.1 Future TA themes -- 7.1.2 Challenges arising from TA's environment -- 7.2 Towards a global technology assessment -- 7.3 Technology assessment - more than technology assessment? -- References -- Index
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