Technology Assessment and Technology Inducement Mechanism

In: American journal of political science: AJPS, Band 21, Heft 2, S. 283-301

Abstract

Programs of technology assessment are increasingly being used to attempt to control the potentially harmful impact of new technologies. Such programs typically assume that technology is an exogenous force in socioeconomic development. However, there is evidence that technological development itself is induced by socioeconomic forces. This assumption suggests that technology assessment should be focused on the inducement mechanism & not on new technological devices, aiming to perfect the social processes producing innovations. 1 Figure. Modified HA.