Nanotechnology and its governance / Arie Rip.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Umbrella terms as mediators in the governance of emerging science and technology / with Jan-Peter Voss -- Dual dynamics of promises and waiting games around emerging nanotechnologies / with Alireza Parandian and Haico Te Kulve -- Folk theories of nanotechnologists -- Emerging de facto agendas around nanotechnology : two cases full of contingencies, lock-outs, and lock-ins / with Marloes van Amerom -- Positions and responsibilities in the "real" world of nanotechnology / with Clare Shelley-Egan -- De facto governance of nanotechnologies -- Constructive technology assessment and the methodology of insertion / with Douglas K.R. Robinson.