Table of Contents

Acknowledgments -- About the Editor and Contributors -- PART ONE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Science, Technology, and Policy Analysis in Congress: An Introduction /Gary C. Bryner -- 2 Toward More Usable Technology Policy Analyses /E. f. Woodhouse -- 3 Institutional Structures and Technology Policy in Congress: Toward an Applied Policy Science /William W. Keller -- PART TWO -- CASE STUDIES IN CONGRESS AND POLICY ANALYSIS -- 4 Congress, the Environment, and Technology Assessment /Kathryn D. Wagner -- 5 Technology, Analysis, and Policy Leadership: Congress and Radioactive Waste /Michael E. Kraft -- 6 Congressional Decision Making and Long-Term Technological Development: The Case of Nuclear Fusion /W. D. Kay -- 7 The Limits of Biomedical Technology Assessment: Values, Time, and Public Expectations /Robert H. Blank -- 8 The Role of Technology Assessment in Congressional Consideration of Biotechnology /L. Christopher Plein and David ]. Webber -- 9 Privacy, Efficiency, and Surveillance: Policy Choices in an Age of Computers and Communication Technologies /Priscilla M. Regan -- 10 Economic Policy, International Competitiveness, and the Role of Technology Policy /Gary C. Bryner -- PART THREE -- ASSESSING POLICY ANALYSIS: THE CHALLENGES OF TECHNOLOGY POLICY -- 11 Parliamentary Technology Assessment in Europe: A Comparative Perspective /Norman ]. Vig -- 12 Toward More Effective Policy Making for Sdence and Technology /Gary C. Bryner -- Index.

About the Author

Gary C. Bryner is associate professor of political science, Brigham Young University, and author of Bureaucratic Discretion, In Search of the Republic, and a forthcoming book on the new Clean Air Act.