Science, Technology and Governance

Science, technology and innovation have long been key factors in the competitive advantage of nations. However, international political economy is being increasingly driven by science and technology in new ways. Integration, globalization and internationalization have all become watchwords for a series of dynamic processes in which science, technology and governance are deeply implicated. As a result, not only are the policies of "national" governments being exposed in terms of the limits of their sovereignty, but science and technology are being increasingly implicated in a wide array of public issues, ranging from security, privacy, development and economic growth to employment, environment, foreign policy and geopolitics. Clearly, in the emerging modern world, the ways in which governments organize their science and technology policy, their science and technology intelligence and their research advisory structures and resources matters more than ever before. In turn, the contract between science and democracy is being rapidly redefined. This book discusses comprehensively these critical issues.
 
Science, technology and innovation have long been key factors in the competitive advantage of nations. However, international political economy is being increasingly driven by science and technology in new ways. Integration, globalization and internationalization have all become watchwords for a series of dynamic processes in which science, technology and governance are deeply implicated. As a result, not only are the policies of "national" governments being exposed in terms of the limits of their sovereignty, but science and technology are being increasingly implicated in a wide array of public issues, ranging from security, privacy, development and economic growth to employment, environment, foreign policy and geopolitics. Clearly, in the emerging modern world, the ways in which governments organize their science and technology policy, their science and technology intelligence and their research advisory structures and resources matters more than ever before. In turn, the contract between science and democracy is being rapidly redefined. This book discusses comprehensively these critical issues.