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Policy-making processes need, amongst other things, good information about the nature of the problem being addressed by the new policy, consideration of the variety of possible solutions or measures, and possibly recognition of the identity of the key constituencies for engagement and building political support. To this, experience has shown that for technologically-leveraged policies the process requires a further component: a detailed understanding of the technologies implicated by the policy.
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© 2010 Edgar A. Whitley and Ian Hosein
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Whitley, E.A., Hosein, G. (2010). Due process and the politics of science and technology. In: Global Challenges for Identity Policies. Technology, Work and Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-24537-2_6
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