Congress’s Own Think Tank

Learning from the Legacy of the Office of Technology Assessment (1972-1995)

P. Blair (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2013 | 1st ed. 2013
Palgrave Pivot (Verlag)
978-1-349-47208-6 (ISBN)

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Congress' Own Think Tank recaps the OTA experience?it's creation, operation, and circumstances of its closure? and that of organizations attempting to fill the gap since OTA's closure as well as a number of new forces shaping the current context for science and technology issues facing the Congress.

Dr. Peter D. Blair is Executive Director of the National Research Council's Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences. He was previously Assistant Director of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and Director of the agency's Industry, Commerce and International Security Division.

1. Pre-History: Meeting the Need for Science Advice to the U.S. Congress 2. Key Features of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 3. Startup: Setting the Agenda in OTA's Early Years 4. Growing Pains: Evolution of OTA's Process of Technology Assessment 5. After the Fall: Strengths and Weaknesses of Post OTA Efforts to Fill the Gap 6. Looking Forward: Comparing Future Options 7. Conclusions: Restoring Independent, Authoritative, and Objective Science and Technology Advice to the U.S. Congress

Reihe/Serie	Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
Zusatzinfo	XII, 128 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
Schlagworte	learning • Meeting • options • organization • Organizations • science and technology
ISBN-10	1-349-47208-5 / 1349472085
ISBN-13	978-1-349-47208-6 / 9781349472086
Zustand	Neuware