NATIONAL PROJECTS IN CIVILIAN TECHNOLOGY |
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| Authors: | W. HENRY LAMBRIGHT MICHAEL CROW RALPH SHANGRAW |
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| Affiliation: | W. HENRY LAMBRIGHT is Director of the Science and Technology Policy Center of the Syracuse Research Corporation and Professor of Political Science a t the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13210.;MICHAEL CROW is a Ph.D. candidate at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13210.;RALPH SHANGRAW is a Ph.D. candidate at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13210. |
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| Abstract: | National projects in civilian technology initiated and implemented by the federal government generally cost in excess o f $1 billion and often extend beyond the political lifetime of a particular presidential administration. The authors explore the consequences of the U.S. political and administrative system on government-sponsored technology development by examining four such national projects: the SST, civilian nuclear power, synfuels, and the supercomputer. They relate the absence of planning and often tortuous course that characterizes these cases to the functioning–for better or worse–of American pluralistic politics. |
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