Towards the information society

Titel: Towards the information society : the case of Central and Eastern European countries ; with 16 tables / G. Banse ... (ed.)
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Veröffentlicht: Berlin : Springer, 2000
Umfang: XII, 212 Seiten : Diagramme, Karten ; 24 cm
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
Schriftenreihe/
mehrbändiges Werk:
Wissenschaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung ; 9
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ISBN: 3540416439
Lokale Klassifikation: 29 4 B ; 31 4 B
  • Outline
  • p. 1
  • I
  • Introduction
  • p. 7
  • The Genesis of the Project "TA-Eastern Europe"
  • p. 9
  • II
  • The Concept
  • p. 21
  • Science, Democracy and Technological Risks
  • p. 23
  • Concepts of Information Society and the Social Function of Information
  • p. 37
  • The Way Towards a Knowledge Society. Some Barriers not only for Countries in Transition
  • p. 53
  • Problems of the Production and Application of Knowledge in a Societal Transformation. The Czech Republic's Approach to Knowledge Society
  • p. 61
  • Innovation and Financial Intensity of R&D in Poland as the Polish Approach to the Knowledge Society
  • p. 75
  • Russian Way to Information Society and New Understanding of Information Security (Statement)
  • p. 89
  • III
  • The Application Fields of TA
  • p. 93
  • Information Technology and Organisational Change. The Concept of Technological Practice
  • p. 95
  • Data - Information - Knowledge. A Trail of a Technological Enlightenment
  • p. 109
  • Information Technology. The Forgotten Dimension of Modernisation
  • p. 125
  • Threats of the Global Net-Internet. The State of Development and Inquiry over the Information Society in Poland
  • p. 133
  • Scientific and Technological Progress, Democracy, Participation and Technology Assessment in Russia
  • p. 141
  • Transformation of Society and Values in Slovakia
  • p. 153
  • IV
  • The Judgement
  • p. 161
  • Rationality and the Use of Language. Technology Assessment for Shaping the Knowledge Society
  • p. 163
  • Knowledge- and Value-Prerequisites of Evaluation and Decision-Making
  • p. 179
  • Ethical Norms for the Selection and Transfer of Knowledge
  • p. 193
  • List of Authors
  • p. 205