Congress's own think tank: Learning from the legacy of the Office of Technology Assessment (1972-95)

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 449-457

  Blair, Peter D ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Government and technology; Office of technology assessment; Science and technology advice to government; Science and technology policy; Technology assessment; Us congress

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905687190     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/sct057     Document Type: Article

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