Guide to the book -- Motivations for technology assessment -- Technology assessment in action -- Theory I : the assessment process -- Theory II : technology assessment in society -- Back to ta practice : lessons learned -- Perspectives.

Das Buch beschreibt einen Weg zu einer nachhaltig transformierten Gesellschaft, auf dem Organisationen die Hauptakteure sind. Was in Unternehmen, Behörden, Schulen und Hochschulen, kulturellen und sozialen Einrichtungen, Instituten, Verbänden etc. geschieht, prägt unser Leben. Deshalb sind...

Taking the example of the consultation of experts in processes of parliamentary decision-making, this article shows how it is possible to support democratic processes by means of the institutional and organisational type of technology assessment (TA) chosen by the German Bundestag. Members of...

Recent discussions on governance, on science and technology policy and on adequate advice types motivate reconsidering some constitutive issues of technology assessment (TA). To these belong the frequently demanded scientific independence of a TA institution and of TA projects. The semantics of...