Governing Future Technologies Nanotechnology and the Rise of an Assessment Regime /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kaiser, Mario (Editor), Kurath, Monika (Editor), Maasen, Sabine (Editor), Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook, 27
• Subjects: History.; Ethics.; Philosophy and science.; Sociology.; History of Science.; Philosophy of Science.; Sociology, general.

Nanotechnology has been the subject of extensive ‘assessment hype,’ unlike any previous field of research and development. A multiplicity of stakeholders have started to analyze the implications of nanotechnology: Technology assessment institutions around the world, non-governmental organizations, t...