Reducing the democratic deficit in institutional foresight programmes: A case for critical systems thinking in nanotechnology

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1208-1221

  Loveridge, Denis ^a   Saritas, Ozcan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical Systems Heuristics; Foresight; Inclusivity; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER MARKET; CRITICAL BOUNDARIES; CRITICAL SYSTEMS; CRITICAL SYSTEMS HEURISTICS; CRITICAL SYSTEMS THINKING; LEGAL ISSUES; PRACTICAL SCHEMES; PROBLEM DEFINITION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HEURISTIC METHODS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

HEALTH RISKS;

HEURISTICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STAKEHOLDER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 71849115522     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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