Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-303) and index.
Introduction: Open Systems -- Technology and the Ideology of Free Markets -- The Ideologies of Science -- The Science and Technology Policy Toolkit -- Science, Technology and Political Authority -- Open Systems in a Digital World -- Open Systems in Outer Space -- The Crisis in American Health Care -- Fossil Fuels and Clean Air.
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In this lucidly-written introduction to the topic, Sylvia Kraemer draws upon her extensive experience in government to develop a useful and powerful framework for thinking about the American approach to shaping and managing scientific innovation. Kraemer suggests that the history of science, technology, and politics is best understood as a negotiation of ongoing tensions between open and closed systems. Open systems depend on universal access to information that is complete, verifiable, and appropriately used. Closed systems, in contrast, are composed of exclusive and often proprietary feature.
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Science and technology policy in the United States.
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Science & technology policy in the United States
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Technology and state-- United States-- History.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Development-- Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Development-- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Structural Adjustment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Economic Policy.