The Double Helix - Technology and Democracy in the American Future

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. is Emeritus Professor of Engineering and Public Affairs from the University of Washington at Seattle. He has served as a presidential advisor during three separate administrations and published several books dealing with the technology of politics.

Product details

• Authors: Edward Wenk, Wenk Edward
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.1999
• EAN: 9781567504316
• ISBN: 978-1-56750-431-6
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; 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