Nanotechnology and Its Governance

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-61053-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 158 Seiten, Format (B × H): 240 mm x 162 mm, Gewicht: 366 g

Reihe: History and Philosophy of Technoscience

This book charts the development of nanotechnology in relation to society from the early years of the twenty-first century. It offers a sustained analysis of the life of nanotechnology, from the laboratory to society, from scientific promises to societal governance, and attempts to modulate developments.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rip, Arie

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nanotechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Maschinenbau Mechatronik, Mikrosysteme (MEMS), Nanosysteme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: The Life and Times of Nanotechnology and Its Governance

2. Umbrella terms as mediators in the governance of emerging science and technology
(with Jan-Peter Voß)

3. Dual dynamics of promises and waiting games around emerging nanotechnologies
(with Alireza Parandian and Haico te Kulve)

4. Folk Theories of Nanotechnologists

5. Emerging de facto Agendas Around Nanotechnology: Two Cases full of Contingencies, Lock-outs, and Lock-ins
(with Marloes van Amerom)

6. Positions and responsibilities in the "real" world of nanotechnology
(with Clare Shelley-Egan)

7. De facto governance of nanotechnologies

8. Constructive Technology Assessment and the Methodology of Insertion
(with Douglas K.R. Robinson)

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Arie Rip is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of Science and Technology in the School of Management and Governance of the University of Twente, the Netherlands.