Margins for survival: Overcoming political limits in steering technology (Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies)

Margins for Survival: Overcoming Political Limits in Steering Technology examines the political limits as revealed by institutional behavior in the deliberate act of steering technology to produce socially satisfactory outcomes. This book provides an awareness of the predicaments toward which technology-intensive public policy must be generated and tuned. Organized into 11 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the common features of war, poverty, social injustice, ecological instability, and dehumanization. This text then examines the peril of brutality through psychological–emotional threats of deprivation of basic human rights, dignity, and freedom. Other chapters consider the deprivation individual opportunity for equanimity and self-expression and deprivation of equitable access to resources. This book discusses as well the various step of progress toward risk reduction that involves techniques of social machinery. The final chapter deals with the meaning of life with freedom, dignity, and self-esteem. This book is a valuable resource for political leaders. Content: Other Titles of Interest , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v Preface , Pages ix-xiii CHAPTER 1 - Introduction , Pages 1-13 CHAPTER 2 - Threats to Survival , Pages 14-43 CHAPTER 3 - New Enigmas , Pages 44-56 CHAPTER 4 - Political Dimensions of Public Policy , Pages 57-71 CHAPTER 5 - Truth and Consequences in Failing to Look Ahead , Pages 72-106 CHAPTER 6 - Coping with Future Threats , Pages 107-118 CHAPTER 7 - New Scarcities , Pages 119-130 CHAPTER 8 - Strategies of Technological Choice: New Social Learning for Collective Security , Pages 131-164 CHAPTER 9 - Margins for Survival , Pages 165-171 CHAPTER 10 - Global Security , Pages 172-178 CHAPTER 11 - Epilogue , Pages 179-183 References , Pages 185-192 Index , Pages 193-199 By Edward Wenk, Jr. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.