Governing Future Technologies Nanotechnology and the Rise of an Assessment Regime /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kaiser, Mario. (Editor), Kurath, Monika. (Editor), Maasen, Sabine. (Editor), Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook, 27
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Science > History.; Ethics.; Science > Philosophy.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; History of Science.; Philosophy of Science.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2834-1

Nanotechnology has been the subject of extensive assessment hype, unlike any previous field of research and development. A multiplicity of stakeholders have started to analyze the implications of nanotechnology: Technology assessment institutions around the world, non-governmental organizations, t...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents Part I: Going Nano: Opportunities and Risks
• Part II: Making Sense: Visions, Images, and Video Games
• Part III: Assessing Nano: Repercussions on Research
• Part IV: Assessing Dialogue: Governing Nano by ELSI
• Part V: Deconstructing the Assessment Regime.