Science and Technology in Society: From Biotechnology to the Internet - Couverture souple

Kleinman, Daniel Lee Lee

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 063123182X ISBN 13 : 9780631231820

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 063123182X
• ISBN 13: 9780631231820
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 153
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible