Rethinking the role of the state in technology development: DARPA and the case for embedded network governance |
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| Authors: | Erica RH Fuchs |
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| Institution: | Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Baker Hall 131E, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States |
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| Abstract: | This paper explores the role of the state in re-architecting social networks and thereby new technology directions in the United States. It draws on a case study of DARPA's Microsystems Technology Office from 1992 to 2008. Leveraging one of the most radical directorships in DARPA's history, I argue that the perceived “death” of DARPA under Tony Tether was because past analyses, by focusing on the organization's culture and structure, overlooked a set of lasting, informal institutions among DARPA program managers. I find that despite significant changes in the recipients and outcomes of DARPA attentions, these same institutions for directing technology were in place both before and during Tether's directorship. Drawing on these results, I suggest that we must add to technology policy-making a new option—embedded network governance. |
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| Keywords: | DARPA State Innovation Social Network Computer |
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