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Technology policy in the European Union / John Peterson and Margaret Sharp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peterson, John, 1958-
- Series:
- European Union series
- The European Union series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology and state--European Union countries.
- Technology and state.
- European Union countries.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- The EU's expanding technology policy role can be justified by both competitive challenges and advantages which are more or less shared by all its member states. However, the politics of European technology policy remain lively and contentious. They reflect wider debates about the proper role of the EU in European political and economic life. This important book provides an authoritative yet accessible assessment of the development, size and impact of European technology policies, and a critique of their current direction.
- Contents:
- The Size and Shape of EU Programmes 9
- The Changing Political Economy of RTD 16
- Policy Dilemmas for the EU 20
- 2 The Historical Backdrop 26
- The Exigencies of Big Science 26
- The Role of the European Community 28
- The Nuclear Sector 32
- The Aviation Sector 36
- The Space Sector 39
- The Lessons Learned 41
- 3 Competition, Collaboration and Integration 45
- The Economics of Technology Policy 46
- Markets, Networks and Collaboration 51
- Explaining the Politics of European Technology Policy 55
- 4 Davignon, Esprit and the Single European Act 67
- The 'New' Technology Gap 68
- ESPRIT 70
- RACE 73
- BRITE-EURAM 78
- Biotechnology 79
- The Framework Programme 80
- Competition and Collaboration
- An Agenda for the 1990s 83
- 5 EUREKA! 89
- What is EUREKA? 90
- Reagan, Narjes, Mitterrand and the Legacy of 1985 95
- EUREKA and the Politics of a Wider Europe 101
- EUREKA Grows Up: 1985-97 106
- 6 Maastricht and Framework IV 113
- The SEA and Maastricht: Legitimising Technology Policy 114
- Research after Maastricht 117
- RTD and Other Policies: Towards a Strategy? 122
- Growth, Competitiveness and (Un) Employment 126
- 7 A European Technology Community? 136
- Trends in Framework Programme Expenditure 137
- Which Member States Get How Much? 139
- Linkages and Participations 146
- The 'New' Innovation Debate: Towards Framework V 153
- 8 Decision-Making: Who Gets What and Why? 163
- The High Politics of RTD Policy 164
- The Systemic Level: Why RTD Policy Is Different 172
- The 'Sub-Systemic' Level: Incest and Corporatism? 177
- 9 What Has Been Achieved? 188
- National Impact Studies 189
- Industry-Based Evaluations 195
- Evaluating EUREKA 199
- Towards the Davignon Assessments 202
- Europe's Technological Performance 205
- Conclusion: Multiple Objectives = Mixed Results 207
- Technology Policy
- An Engine for Growth? 211
- An Engine for Integration? 215
- Europe and Globalisation 223
- What Next for European Technology Policy? 226.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312216416
- OCLC:
- 38910537
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