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Policy Outlook. Westview Special Studies in Science, Technology DOCUMENT RESUME ED 229 257 SE 041 459' AUTHOR Teich, Albert H., Ed.; Thornton, Ray, Ed. , TITLE Science, Technology, and the Issues of the Eighties: Policy Outlook. Westview Special Studies in Science, .Technology, and Public Policy/Society. INSTITUTION' - American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C. SPONS AGENCY National Science Foundation, W hington, D.C. REPORT NO ISBN-6-86531-361-X PUB DATE 82 'NOTE 297p. AVAILABLE FROMWestview Press, Inc., 5500 Central Avenue, BoUlder, CO 80301 (pbk, ISBN-0-86531-361-X, $12.95; ISBN-0-86531-360-1, $26.50). PUB TYPE Books (010,) -- Reports Gevral (140) 4 EDRS,PRICE MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Agriculture; Depleted Resources; *Developing Nations; Energy; Environmental Standards; Food; Foreign- Policy; Genetic Engineering; Industry; Information Processing; International Relations; Legislation; *National Defense; Policy Formation; Population Trends; *.Public Policy; *Sciences; Techhological Advancement; *Technology; *World Problems ABSTRACT Recognizing that science and technology (S/T) have become increasingly relevant to important public,policy issues, Congress has mandated the periodic preparation of a "Five Year Outlook for Science and Technology" to help U.S. policymakers anticipate and deal with these issues more effectively. This book, the result of a study,conducted by the erican Association for the, AdvanCement of f9r the second suc "Outlook," identifies and explores domestic nd internationel policy c ncerns in which ecience and technology are critical factors. The interdisciplinary, non-technical approach provides policymakers, students, and others interested in science, technology, and public affairs with a timely overview of areas that.are likely to become the world's most pressing concerns during thelext several years.Issues/areas addressed ` include: applying S/W to public purposes; institutional climatefor innovation in industry; decision-making with.modern information/communications technology; relations of science, government, and.industry (focusing on recombinantDNA); risk asseSsment for the 1980s'.S/T and international security;U.Sit policy toward scientific/technological development in developing countries; U.S. agriculture in context of the world food situationf trends and prospects in world population; international securityimplications of materials and energy resource depletion; and science and national defense. 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American Association for the Advancement ofScience Selected Symposia Series. a 3 ' Westview Special Studies in Science, Technology, and Public Policy/Society , Science, Technology, and the Issues of the Eighties: Policy Outlook edited by Albert H. Teich and Ray Thornton for the Americip Association for the Advancement of Science Recognizing that science and technology have become increasingly rele- vant to important public policy issues, Congress has mandated the periodic preparation of a "Five Year Outlook for Science and Technology" to help U.S. policymakers anticipate and deal with these issues more effectively. This book, the result of a study conducted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for the secopd such "Outlook," identifies and explores dornestic and international policy concerns in which science and technology are critical factors. The authors' interdisciplinary, nontechnical approach provides policymakers, students and:others interested in science, technology and public affairs with a timely overview of nine areas that are likely to become the world's most pressing concerns during the next several , years. .1 .,. At Dr. Teich is manager of science policy'studies at AAAS and project man- ager of AAAS's Five Year Outlook Project. Prior to joining AAAS, he was associate professor and deputy director of the Graduate Program in Science, Technology and Public Policy at George Washington University. He is coauthor of Research and Development: AAAS Reports V and VI (1980 and 1981) and editor of Scientists and Public Affairs (1974) and Tech- nology and Man's Future (3rd ed., 1981). Mr. Thornton is president of Arkansas State University. He was chairman of the AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy. He serVid as attorney general of Arkansas an.d was eltiAd,to three consecutive terms-in the U.S. House of , Representatives. WIM in%Congress he was a member of the House Commit- tee" on the Judiciaiy and chairman of the committee on Science, Research and Technologgi. $ , , '1 American Association for the Advancement of Science: Five Year Outlook Project ADVISORY COMMITTEE The >Honorable Ray Thornton (chairman),' President,Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas Dr. R. Darryl Banks, Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation,Washington, D.C. Dr. William A.-Blanpied, Director, Office of SpecialProjects, National-Science , Foundation, Washington, D.C. Dr. Kenneth E. Boulding, DistinguishedProfessor of Economics, Emeritus, In- stitute of Behavioral Science, University ofColorado, Boulder, Colorado 1 Dr. Stothe P. Kezios, Chairman, Department ofMechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia . Dr. Melvin Kranzberg (exofficio),2 Callaway Professor of the History of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,Georgia Dr. Patricia McFate, Deputy Chairman, NationalEndowment for the Humadities,, Washington, D.C. , Dr. Pauline Newman, Director,Paiont and Licensing DePartment, FMC Corpora- tion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mr. Rodney W. Nichols, Executive Vice President,The Rockefeller University, New York, New York Dr. John F. Sherman, Vice President, Associationof American Medical Colleges,' Washington, D.C. Dr. Albert.H. Teich (praject director), Manager,Science Policy Studies, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington,D.C. 'Chairman, AAAS Committee on Science, Engineeringand Public Policy, January 1981-January 1983. 2Chainnan, AAAS Committee on Science, Engineeringand Public Policy, January 1978-lanuary 1981. , MIRO Science, Technology, and the Issues of the Eighties: Policy Outlook edited by Albert H. Teich and Ray Thornton for the American Association for the Advancement of Science., S. A Report Prepared for the National Science Foundation in Support of the ,Second Five Year Outlook for Science and Technology Westview Press / Boulder, Colorado 6 t' Westview Special Studies in Science, Technology, and Public Policy/Society The AAAS Board of Directors, in accordance with Association policy, has approvedpublication of thisxtudy as a contribution to the undetruanding of important policy issues, Theinterpreta- tions and conclusions ar those of the authors and contributors,however, and do not purport to represent the views-onhe Board or the Councjl og the Association. = Published in 1982 in the'United States of America by. Westview Press, Inc.
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