The Double Helix - Technology and Democracy in the American Future

Whoever controls technology controls the future. While that prospect stings, it has a bright side. America's preeminence stems from a remarkable intertwining of technology and democracy. The Constitutions set the course. Technology provided the means. As we recognize that technology is about power, physical, economic and political, business is facilitated but principles of liberty and justice may be at risk. This book examines causes and offers remedies to strengthen self-government and restore politics as the public life of a people.

List of contents

Prologue
Technology as a Social Enterprise
Enigmas of a Technological Age
Unrecognizrd Roles of Government
Information--Society's Nervous System
Survival--To Be Alive and Free
The Multiple Roles of Industry
The Politics of Technology and the Technology of Politcs
Survival Stategies: The Social Capacity for Responsive and Accountable Management
What Will Tomorrow Be Like?
Epilogue
Refernces
Author Index
Subject Index

About the author

Edward Wenk Jr.

Product details

• Authors: E. Wenk, Edward Wenk, Ernst Wenk, Wenk Edward
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.04.1999
• EAN: 9781567504309
• ISBN: 978-1-56750-430-9
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, United States of America, USA, Impact of science & technology on society, Political science and theory, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies