The Office of Technology Assessment of the United States Congress: A Model for the Future?

It is difficult in any pluralistic society to gauge the influence on governments or administrations of organizations which engage in policy studies even when those studies are the product of parliamentary bodies like select committees or other agencies. It is particularly difficult in the United Kin...

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Published in:Government and opposition (London) 1992, Vol.27 (1), p.89-108
Main Author: Walters, Rhodri
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Congress
CONGRESS (ALL NATIONS)
Corporate profiles
Federal government
Government agencies
Legislative research
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Science policy
Technology
Technology assessment office
Technology policy
United States
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Summary:It is difficult in any pluralistic society to gauge the influence on governments or administrations of organizations which engage in policy studies even when those studies are the product of parliamentary bodies like select committees or other agencies. It is particularly difficult in the United Kingdom for example, where Parliament is, in practice if not in theory under the constitution, the unequal partner of the executive. Even where policy recommendations are followed by government there is often no way of telling whether or not they would have been pursued in any event, on the government's own initiative.
ISSN:0017-257X
1477-7053
DOI:10.1111/j.1477-7053.1992.tb00769.x