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The Politics of Federal Technology Policy: 1980–1988
Author(s) -
Berman Eva M.
Publication year - 1991
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.1541-1338.1991.tb00277.x
Subject(s) - politics , agency (philosophy) , ideology , consistency (knowledge bases) , public administration , technology policy , economics , federal budget , political science , economic policy , political economy , finance , sociology , social science , geometry , mathematics , fiscal year , law
This paper examines the politics of federal initiatives in technology during the period 1980–1988 that promote economic competitiveness. It finds that the ideological consistency of these new initiatives with the prevailing political climate, and the presence of business constituencies for technology are key to the adoption of new technology initiatives. In the absence of a strong business interest, agency politics and efforts dealing with the budget deficit dominate. Progress by new technology policy initiativesfbunders m is incremental at best. This paper also discusses the trend toward “industry‐led” technology policy.