Open AccessGovernance von Zukunftsversprechen
Author(s) -
Petra Schaper-Rinkel
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
prokla zeitschrift für kritische sozialwissenschaft
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2700-0311
pISSN - 0342-8176
DOI - 10.32387/prokla.v36i145.533
Subject(s) - corporate governance , key (lock) , political science , nanotechnology , business , engineering ethics , engineering , computer science , materials science , computer security , finance
Nanotechnology counts as one of the key technologies of 21st century with enormous potentials. Until now it is not very clear, which possibilities this technology actually has, it is above all a promise. But this promise didn’t emerge ‘ naturally’, it is the result of certain discourses. The promise of nanotechnology is as well the product as the tool of particular governance strategies. These strategies are investigated in different dimensions.
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