Towards the Information Society - The Case of Central and Eastern European Countries (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000)

Information and knowledge play an increasingly important role in the implementation of public policies, in particular those of the Central and Eastern European Countries. They are involved in many respects in the elaboration of scientific programs. They are more and more present in the political decision making process and as topic for scientific conferences. They are often at the centre of international discussions on related topics, for example, differences in approaches to produce and apply knowledge or different responses to social function of information. A major lesson of these past years applies to democracy. Europeans demand more involvement in decisions that concern them. This demand goes weH beyond decision making. For public action to be acceptable and efficient, the whole process should become more democratic, from the defmition of the problems, to the implementation and the evaluation of solutions. In the context of conducting research on the consequences of scientific and technological advance, the Europaische Akademie Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler in Germany and the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic organised a conference on the relationship between "democracy-participation-technology assessment" in February 1999. The objective of the workshop was to express and to the problems of transition "from exchange various viewpoints and attitudes information society to knowledge society. " The great response given to the international conference underlines the need not only for Central and Eastern European Countries to take into consideration more common projects like this for the future."

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment, 9
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	2000
Editors:	G. Banse
Editorial board members:	D. Uhl
Editors:	C.J. Langenbach • P. Machleidt
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	214
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-07493-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Impact of computing & IT on society Books > Professional & Technical > Electronics & communications engineering > Communications engineering / telecommunications > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN:	3-642-07493-6
Barcode:	9783642074936

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