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.

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...