Technology assessment: an essentially political process
by Klaus-Heinrich Standke
International Journal of Technology Management (IJTM), Vol. 3, No. 3, 1988

Abstract: Accidents such as the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, India, underline the need for technology assessment in developing countries, as well as in the industrialized ones. But many difficulties are involved in this relatively new activity, and technology assessment is not a magic formula that will prevent all adverse consequences of the applications of science and technology. Nor does it apply only to multinational corporations. The paper discusses this thorny problem and concludes that the best that can be expected from technology assessment is that it may help people to rethink their own value systems by revealing the costs of options open to them.

Online publication date: Tue, 26-May-2009

The full text of this article is only available to individual subscribers or to users at subscribing institutions.

 
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.

Pay per view:
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.

Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Technology Management (IJTM):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:

    Username:        Password:         

Forgotten your password?


Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.

If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com