Science and Technology in Society / Key Themes in Sociology (PDF)
From Biotechnology to the Internet
(Sprache: Englisch)
This thoughtful and engaging text challenges the widely held notion
of science as somehow outside of society, and the idea that
technology proceeds automatically down a singular and inevitable
path. Through specific case studies involving contemporary...
of science as somehow outside of society, and the idea that
technology proceeds automatically down a singular and inevitable
path. Through specific case studies involving contemporary...
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This thoughtful and engaging text challenges the widely held notion
of science as somehow outside of society, and the idea that
technology proceeds automatically down a singular and inevitable
path. Through specific case studies involving contemporary debates,
this book shows that science and technology are fundamentally part
of society and are shaped by it.
* * Draws on concepts from political sociology, organizational
analysis, and contemporary social theory.
* Avoids dense theoretical debate.
* Includes case studies and concluding chapter summaries for
students and scholars.
of science as somehow outside of society, and the idea that
technology proceeds automatically down a singular and inevitable
path. Through specific case studies involving contemporary debates,
this book shows that science and technology are fundamentally part
of society and are shaped by it.
* * Draws on concepts from political sociology, organizational
analysis, and contemporary social theory.
* Avoids dense theoretical debate.
* Includes case studies and concluding chapter summaries for
students and scholars.
Autoren-Porträt von Daniel Lee Kleiman
Daniel Lee Kleinman is Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin--Madison. He is the author most recently of Impure Cultures: University Biology and the World of Commerce (2003).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Daniel Lee Kleiman
- 2009, 1. Auflage, 160 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 1405148195
- ISBN-13: 9781405148191
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.02.2009
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