Science and Technology in Society: From Biotechnology to the Internet

作者: Daniel Lee Kleinman 著

出版社: John Wiley

出版时间: 2005-09

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780631231820

定价: 270.20

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 160页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: Key Themes in Sociology

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>生活

Thisthoughtfulandengagingtextchallengesthewidelyheldnotionofscienceassomehowoutsideofsociety,andtheideathattechnologyproceedsautomaticallydownasingularandinevitablepath.Throughspecificcasestudiesinvolvingcontemporarydebates,thisbookshowsthatscienceandtechnologyarefundamentallypartofsocietyandareshapedbyit.Drawsonconceptsfrompoliticalsociology,organizationalanalysis,andcontemporarysocialtheory.Avoidsdensetheoreticaldebate.Includescasestudiesandconcludingchaptersummariesforstudentsandscholars. DanielLeeKleinmanisProfessorofRuralSociologyattheUniversityofWisconsin––Madison.HeistheauthormostrecentlyofImpureCultures:UniversityBiologyandtheWorldofCommerce(2003). Acknowledgments.Abbreviations.1.ScienceisPolitical/TechnologyisSocial:Concerns,Concepts,andQuestions.WhyisThinkingaboutScienceandTechnologysoHard?.TechnoscienceisSocial.TechnoscienceisPolitical.2.CedingDebate:BiotechnologyandAgriculture.BiotechnologyandtheSocialOrganizationofAgricultureandAgri-business.TheDiscursiveLandscapeintheDebateoverBiotechnology.Conclusions.3.RethinkingInformationTechnology:CaughtintheWorldWideWeb.UnderstandingtheDigitalDivide.HighTechnologyEducation.Politics,CivilAction,andtheInternet.Conclusions.4.OwningTechnoscience:UnderstandingtheNewIntellectualPropertyBattles.IntellectualProperty,SocialCommonSense,andtheKnowledgeCommons.IntellectualPropertyandtheInformationTechnologyRevolution.OwningLife:IntellectualPropertyinBiologicalMaterials.IntellectualPropertyandInnovation.Conclusion.5.TechnoscienceintheThirdWorld:ThePoliticsofIndigenousResources.Introduction.Science,Technology,andColonialism.FromColonialismtoBio-Colonialism.TowardsEquityintheExchangeofBiologicalResources.Conclusions.6.GenderandtheIdeologyofMerit:Women,Men,Science,andEngineering.MeritandStratificationinScience.Women,Men,andAcademicScience.WomenandMeninScience-BasedIndustry.BeyondStratificationinScienceandEngineering:ArtifactsandResearchasGendered.Conclusions.7.DemocracyandExpertise:CitizenshipinaHighTechAge.TheLimitstoExpertKnowledge.TheVirtuesofLayKnowledge.BarrierstoDemocratizingTechnoscienceandExpertise.StrategiesforOvercomingtheObstacles.Conclusions.8.ConfrontingtheProblem:ASummaryandCoda.References.Index.
内容简介:
Thisthoughtfulandengagingtextchallengesthewidelyheldnotionofscienceassomehowoutsideofsociety,andtheideathattechnologyproceedsautomaticallydownasingularandinevitablepath.Throughspecificcasestudiesinvolvingcontemporarydebates,thisbookshowsthatscienceandtechnologyarefundamentallypartofsocietyandareshapedbyit.Drawsonconceptsfrompoliticalsociology,organizationalanalysis,andcontemporarysocialtheory.Avoidsdensetheoreticaldebate.Includescasestudiesandconcludingchaptersummariesforstudentsandscholars.
作者简介:
DanielLeeKleinmanisProfessorofRuralSociologyattheUniversityofWisconsin––Madison.HeistheauthormostrecentlyofImpureCultures:UniversityBiologyandtheWorldofCommerce(2003).
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Acknowledgments.Abbreviations.1.ScienceisPolitical/TechnologyisSocial:Concerns,Concepts,andQuestions.WhyisThinkingaboutScienceandTechnologysoHard?.TechnoscienceisSocial.TechnoscienceisPolitical.2.CedingDebate:BiotechnologyandAgriculture.BiotechnologyandtheSocialOrganizationofAgricultureandAgri-business.TheDiscursiveLandscapeintheDebateoverBiotechnology.Conclusions.3.RethinkingInformationTechnology:CaughtintheWorldWideWeb.UnderstandingtheDigitalDivide.HighTechnologyEducation.Politics,CivilAction,andtheInternet.Conclusions.4.OwningTechnoscience:UnderstandingtheNewIntellectualPropertyBattles.IntellectualProperty,SocialCommonSense,andtheKnowledgeCommons.IntellectualPropertyandtheInformationTechnologyRevolution.OwningLife:IntellectualPropertyinBiologicalMaterials.IntellectualPropertyandInnovation.Conclusion.5.TechnoscienceintheThirdWorld:ThePoliticsofIndigenousResources.Introduction.Science,Technology,andColonialism.FromColonialismtoBio-Colonialism.TowardsEquityintheExchangeofBiologicalResources.Conclusions.6.GenderandtheIdeologyofMerit:Women,Men,Science,andEngineering.MeritandStratificationinScience.Women,Men,andAcademicScience.WomenandMeninScience-BasedIndustry.BeyondStratificationinScienceandEngineering:ArtifactsandResearchasGendered.Conclusions.7.DemocracyandExpertise:CitizenshipinaHighTechAge.TheLimitstoExpertKnowledge.TheVirtuesofLayKnowledge.BarrierstoDemocratizingTechnoscienceandExpertise.StrategiesforOvercomingtheObstacles.Conclusions.8.ConfrontingtheProblem:ASummaryandCoda.References.Index.

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