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The Double Helix Technology and Democracy in the American Future
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Edward Wenk
Book Code: AB4302
ISBN: 1-56750-430-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-56750-430-9
Ablex Publishing
Publication: 4/26/1999
List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback
Subjects: Reviews:
  • This insightful volume, by the first science and technology adviser to Congress and a member of three presidential staffs, shows how technology and democracy are intimately connected, both requiring our best anticipatory thinking skills to make ethical choices for the future.
    —The Futurist
  • Endorsement From John H. Gibbons
    Retired Science Advisor to President Clinton:     Wenk shows that technology and democracy are intimately related and both merit more attention than we are currently providing.
  • Endorsement From George Lindamood
    Vice President,Information Executive Program
    Gartner Group:     Ed Wenk has married his extraordinary understanding of technology to his deep love of democracy to produce a wonderful book.
  • Endorsement From A.R.C. Westwood
    CEO, Research Councils, UK:     This book is a wake-up call for today...and a primer for a better tomorrow...a must read for both aspiring and practicing politicians, engineers, and humanists.
Description: Whoever controls technology controls the future. While that prospect stings, it has a bright side. America's preeminence stems from a remarkable intertwining of technology and democracy. The Constitutions set the course. Technology provided the means. As we recognize that technology is about power, physical, economic and political, business is facilitated but principles of liberty and justice may be at risk. This book examines causes and offers remedies to strengthen self-government and restore politics as the public life of a people.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Technology as a Social Enterprise
  • Enigmas of a Technological Age
  • Unrecognizrd Roles of Government
  • Information--Society's Nervous System
  • Survival--To Be Alive and Free
  • The Multiple Roles of Industry
  • The Politics of Technology and the Technology of Politcs
  • Survival Stategies: The Social Capacity for Responsive and Accountable Management
  • What Will Tomorrow Be Like?
  • Epilogue
  • Refernces
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
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