Die Entwicklung Der Technikfolgenabschätzung Zum Gesellschaftlichen Vermittlungsinstrument

This German-language book reviews the familiar roles of technology assessment, such as advising policymakers, communicating complex matters to the public, and summarising the consequences of research. It then turns to a less studied aspect: technology assessment as an instrument of mediation within society.

Axel Zweck treats mediation as a way of balancing the interests of different groups, and he traces how the idea has developed. The book is relevant to researchers in science and technology studies, policy analysts and students of the sociology of technology.

Published by VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. ISBN-13: 9783531124629.