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NATIONAL PROJECTS IN CIVILIAN TECHNOLOGY
Author(s) -
LAMBRIGHT W. HENRY,
CROW MICHAEL,
SHANGRAW RALPH
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1984.tb00140.x
Subject(s) - presidential system , politics , government (linguistics) , administration (probate law) , public administration , nuclear power , power (physics) , political science , technology development , economic growth , economics , engineering , law , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics , biology , manufacturing engineering
National projects in civilian technology initiated and implemented by the federal government generally cost in excess o f $1 billion and often extend beyond the political lifetime of a particular presidential administration. The authors explore the consequences of the U.S. political and administrative system on government‐sponsored technology development by examining four such national projects: the SST, civilian nuclear power, synfuels, and the supercomputer. They relate the absence of planning and often tortuous course that characterizes these cases to the functioning–for better or worse–of American pluralistic politics.