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Rethinking Science, Technology, and Social Change

Author : Ralph Schroeder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Science, Technology, and Social Change written by Ralph Schroeder and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking Science, Technology, and Social Change challenges the prevailing notion that science and technology are constructed or socially shaped. The text puts forth a case for technological determinism, based on a realistic and pragmatic account of science and technology, informed by historical comparisons. Schroeder begins by exploring the social organization of scientific and technological advances; the intersecting trajectories of big science and technological systems; and the impact of science and technology on economic change. He goes on to discuss the social implications of technology, including the way that it affects politics and consumption. The book then rethinks traditional theories about the relationship between science, technology, and social change. The argument presented shifts the debate on topics such as the relationship between growth and sustainability, and thus has important policy implications. This book will be of great interest to scholars, scientists, and anyone interested in understanding how science and technology are transforming our world.

Technology and Social Change

Author : Francis R. Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Technology and Social Change written by Francis R. Allen and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Geek Heresy

Author : Kentaro Toyama
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610395298
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Geek Heresy written by Kentaro Toyama and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a decade designing technologies meant to address education, health, and global poverty, award-winning computer scientist Kentaro Toyama came to a difficult conclusion: Even in an age of amazing technology, social progress depends on human changes that gadgets can't deliver. Computers in Bangalore are locked away in dusty cabinets because teachers don't know what to do with them. Mobile phone apps meant to spread hygiene practices in Africa fail to improve health. Executives in Silicon Valley evangelize novel technologies at work even as they send their children to Waldorf schools that ban electronics. And four decades of incredible innovation in America have done nothing to turn the tide of rising poverty and inequality. Why then do we keep hoping that technology will solve our greatest social ills? In this incisive book, Toyama cures us of the manic rhetoric of digital utopians and reinvigorates us with a deeply people-centric view of social change. Contrasting the outlandish claims of tech zealots with stories of people like Patrick Awuah, a Microsoft millionaire who left his engineering job to open Ghana's first liberal arts university, and Tara Sreenivasa, a graduate of a remarkable South Indian school that takes impoverished children into the high-tech offices of Goldman Sachs and Mercedes-Benz, Geek Heresy is a heartwarming reminder that it's human wisdom, not machines, that move our world forward.

Science, Technology, and Social Change

Author : Steven Yearley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780043012581
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Science, Technology, and Social Change written by Steven Yearley and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Technology and Innovation for Social Change

Author : Satyajit Majumdar
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 8132220714
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book Technology and Innovation for Social Change written by Satyajit Majumdar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tension exists between technologists and social thinkers because of the impact technology and innovation have on social values and norms, which is often viewed as damaging to the cultural fabric of a nation or society. Since the global business environment is the context in which implementation of technology and innovation takes place, it is widely accepted as the major reason for such conflicts. In this backdrop, this edited book integrates independent research from across the globe. It deals with the nature and significance of technology, innovation and social change as well as the relationships between them, and discusses the significance of social entrepreneurship from social innovation and technology perspectives. Research areas covered are related to the development and deployment of technology, innovation and knowledge in social change, capabilities of institutions, models, role of government and corporate social responsibility and community involvement. Multiple aspects of social change are discussed in the context of India, Mexico, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Nigeria and other African countries. But society does not silently accept technologically enforced changes; sometimes technology is seen as an enemy of inclusive growth and for many, economic development is an anti-thesis of social change. Selected case studies on sector-specific technologies, such as the use of genetically modified seeds in agriculture, which has impacted the market and society, are critically analyzed to develop insights into the adoption of technology and its impact. At the same time it examines policy related issues, without any bias in favor of, or against, a specific technology.

Science, Technology, and Social Change (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Steven Yearley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317629191
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Science, Technology, and Social Change (Routledge Revivals) written by Steven Yearley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1988, this book provides students with a way to increase their understanding of the role of science and technology in society. Steven Yearley draws on and develops ideas from research in the sociology and politics of science to address, in particular: the nature of scientific knowledge and the authority it commands; the political and economic role of science in the West; the relationship between science, technology, and social change in underdeveloped countries. Examples used range from nineteenth-century brain science to the strategic defence initiative, and from hugely expensive experiments in nuclear physics, to proposals for inexpensive boat-building programmes in the Sudan. Overall, this reissue provides a comprehensive and stimulating account of the role played by science and technology in contemporary social change.

Science, Technology and Society

Author : Martin Bridgstock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139936190
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Science, Technology and Society written by Martin Bridgstock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-03-28 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the human, social and economic aspects of science and technology. It examines a broad range of issues from a variety of perspectives, using examples and experiences from Australia and around the world. The authors present complex issues in an accessible and engaging form. Topics include the responsibilities of scientists, ethical dilemmas and controversies, the Industrial Revolution, economic issues, public policy, and science and technology in developing countries. The book ends with a thoughtful and provocative look towards the future. It includes extensive guides to further reading, as well as a useful section on information searching skills. This book will provoke, engage, inform and stimulate thoughtful discussion about culture, society and science. Broad and interdisciplinary, it will be of considerable value to students and teachers.

Science Technology and Social Change

Author : A. N. Kothare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780852264935
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (649 download)

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Download or read book Science Technology and Social Change written by A. N. Kothare and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Science, Technology, and Social Progress

Author : Steven L. Goldman
Publisher : Lehigh University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780934223058
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Science, Technology, and Social Progress written by Steven L. Goldman and published by Lehigh University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection examines the features of Western culture and of the practices of science and technology that anchor the idea of progress in the face of more than a half century of intellectual criticism.

Science, Technology, and Social Change

Author : Diederik Aerts
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9789401059800
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (598 download)

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Download or read book Science, Technology, and Social Change written by Diederik Aerts and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles collected in this volume point out that society as a whole is changing. Social change is due not only to changes in technology and economy, but also to the changing strategies and discourses of social scientists. To what exactly will this change lead in the 21st century? What kind of society lies ahead? In this book the reader will find many arguments and hints pertaining to these questions. She/he will be confronted by a plethora of enriching conceptions of the relationships between social sciences and social changes.

Technology and Social Change

Author : Harvey Russell Bernard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology and Social Change written by Harvey Russell Bernard and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Technology and Society

Author : Deborah G. Johnson
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262303388
Total Pages : 853 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Technology and Society written by Deborah G. Johnson and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2008-10-17 with total page 853 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of writings by thinkers ranging from Freeman Dyson to Bruno Latour that focuses on the interconnections of technology, society, and values and how these may affect the future. Technological change does not happen in a vacuum; decisions about which technologies to develop, fund, market, and use engage ideas about values as well as calculations of costs and benefits. This anthology focuses on the interconnections of technology, society, and values. It offers writings by authorities as varied as Freeman Dyson, Laurence Lessig, Bruno Latour, and Judy Wajcman that will introduce readers to recent thinking about technology and provide them with conceptual tools, a theoretical framework, and knowledge to help understand how technology shapes society and how society shapes technology. It offers readers a new perspective on such current issues as globalization, the balance between security and privacy, environmental justice, and poverty in the developing world. The careful ordering of the selections and the editors' introductions give Technology and Society a coherence and flow that is unusual in anthologies. The book is suitable for use in undergraduate courses in STS and other disciplines. The selections begin with predictions of the future that range from forecasts of technological utopia to cautionary tales. These are followed by writings that explore the complexity of sociotechnical systems, presenting a picture of how technology and society work in step, shaping and being shaped by one another. Finally, the book goes back to considerations of the future, discussing twenty-first-century challenges that include nanotechnology, the role of citizens in technological decisions, and the technologies of human enhancement.

Futures of Science and Technology in Society

Author : Arie Rip
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3658217545
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book Futures of Science and Technology in Society written by Arie Rip and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-06 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longer-term developments shape the present and endogenous futures of institutions and practices of science and technology in society and their governance. Understanding the patterns allows diagnosis and soft intervention, often linked to scenario exercises. The book collects six articles offering key examples of this perspective, addressing ongoing issues in the governance of science and technology, including nanotechnology and responsible research and innovation. And adds two more articles that address background philosophical issues.

The Social Construction of Technological Systems

Author : Wiebe E. Bijker
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262521376
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (213 download)

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Book Synopsis The Social Construction of Technological Systems by : Wiebe E. Bijker

Download or read book The Social Construction of Technological Systems written by Wiebe E. Bijker and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The impact of technology on society is clear and unmistakeable. The influence of society on technology is more subtle. The 13 essays in this book have been written by a diverse group of scholars united by a common interest in creating a new field - the sociology of technology. They draw on a wide array of case studies - from cooking stoves to missile systems, from 15th-century Portugal to today's Al labs - to outline an original research program based on a synthesis of ideas from the social studies of science and the history of technology. Together they affirm the need for a study of technology that gives equal weight to technical, social, economic, and political questions"--Back cover.

Visions of STS

Author : Stephen H. Cutcliffe
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791448465
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book Visions of STS written by Stephen H. Cutcliffe and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps interconnections between science, technology, and society in order to understand both benefits and costs.

Technological Determinism and Social Change

Author : Jan Servaes
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 073919125X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Technological Determinism and Social Change written by Jan Servaes and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sheds light on the impact of new information and communication technologies on civil society by examining specific cases in Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Columbia, Kenya, the Netherlands, and the United States.

Science, Technology, and Society

Author : Robert E. McGinn
Publisher : Pearson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science, Technology, and Society written by Robert E. McGinn and published by Pearson. This book was released on 1991 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A systematic, integrated exploration of the relationship between science and technology and modern society - from a sociological and philosophical perspective.