Shaping Technology, Guiding Policy : Concepts, Spaces and Tools

Sørensen, Knut H. (EDT)/ Williams, Robin (EDT)

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd（2002/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 424 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781840646498
• DDC分類 338.064

基本説明

In analysing the relationship between technology and society, it highlights the policy implications of this relationship.

Full Description

This book makes significant advances in analysing the relationship between technology and society. It highlights both the policy implications of this relationship and new possibilities for intervention by government, policymakers, managers and the public.Shaping Technology, Guiding Policy examines and utilises a variety of recently emerging concepts which highlight the scope for local discretion and choice in the way that technologies are designed and used as well as the broader structures and systems that may serve to restrict choice. By applying these concepts to an analysis of case studies of various social and technical settings, the book explores their utility for understanding the ways in which contemporary technologies are developed and applied and how they are made to influence society.

Academics and researchers from a wide variety of perspectives will find this new book fascinating reading, including scholars from science and technology studies, technology policy and the management of technology. Technology policymakers and practitioners would also find the book of interest.

Contents

Contents: Preface Part I: Overview of Developments in the Field and Their Implications for Policy Part II: New Tools for Analysing and Intervening Index