Blair, Peter D.
Congress’s Own Think Tank: Learning from the Legacy of the Office of Technology Assessment (1972–1995)
1. Introduction
Peter D. Blair
2. Pre-History: Meeting the Need for Science Advice to the U.S. Congress
Peter D. Blair
3. Key Features of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972
Peter D. Blair
4. Startup: Setting the Agenda in OTA’s Early Years
Peter D. Blair
5. Growing Pains: Evolution of OTA’s Process of Technology Assessment
Peter D. Blair
6. Impact and Influence as the OTA Model Matured
Peter D. Blair
7. Closing OTA: Transition in the 104th Congress
Peter D. Blair
8. After the Fall: Post OTA Efforts to Fill the Gap
Peter D. Blair
9. Looking Forward: Comparing Future Options
Peter D. Blair
10. Conclusions
Peter D. Blair
Keywords: Economics, Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, Development Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Innovation/Technology Management, Economic Growth
- Author(s)
- Blair, Peter D.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2013
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
- Page amount
- 139 pages
- Category
- Economy
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781137359056
- Printed ISBN
- 978-1-349-47208-6