Title: Technological revolution as political coup d'etat
Subtitle: developing an objective and systematic science of public technology policy analysis
First published: 2009
Description: This no-nonsense textbook offers perhaps the most systematic and organized view to date of the seemingly chaotic jungle of technology development theories. It is therefore an essential guide for university students, scholars, journalists, administrators and policy-makers interested in quickly acquiring an overview of the most central ideas in the field of **Technology or IT Policy Analysis**.

The author utilizes his multidisciplinary background in Technology, Economics and Public Administration to delve into crucial but rarely-posed questions as to the special interests involved in the development of today's public technology policy.
Subjects: Information technology, Political aspects of Information technology, Elite (Social sciences), Political aspects, Government policy, Integrated Model for Public Technology Policy Analysis, IMTPA, Technology Management, Innovation Policy, Technology Funding, Government Spending, Technocentricity, Technology Hype, Criticism of Cluster Thoery, Canadian Technology Policy, Swedish Technology Policy
Places: Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland
Time periods: 1990-2005
LC classification: HC79.I55 N53 2005