TY - BOOK AU - Vig,Norman J. AU - Paschen,Herbert TI - Parliaments and technology: the development of technology assessment in Europe SN - 0791443035 (alk. paper) AV - T174.5 P36 2000 U1 - 338.9407 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Albany PB - State University of New York Press KW - Technology assessment KW - Europe KW - Technology and state N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Introduction : technology assessment in comparative perspective; Norman J. Vig; and; Herbert Paschen --; 2; Technology assessment units in the European parliamentary systems; Thomas Petermann --; 3; Origins and functions of the UK parliamentary office of science and technology; Michael Norton --; 4. The; Technology Assessment Bureau of the German parliament; Herbert Paschen --; 5; France : Office Parlementaire d'Evaluation des Choix Scientifiques et Technologiques; Maurice Laurent --; 6. The; Netherlands : technology assessment from academically oriented analyses to support of public debate; Josâee van Eijndhoven --; 7. The; Danish Board of Technology; Lars Klèuver --; 8; Parliamentary technology assessment by STOA at the European parliament; Dick Holdsworth --; 9; Shaping the information revolution : the information superhighway and parliamentary technology assessment; Todd M. La Porte --; 10; Traffic problems go through the technology assessment machine : a culturalist comparison; Robert Hoppe; and; John Grin --; 11; Participation in parliamentary technology assessment : from theory to practice; Simon Joss --; 12; Conclusions : the European parliamentary technology assessment experience; Norman J. Vig ER -