![]() Science and Technology in Society: From Biotechnology to the Internet
ISBN: 978-0-631-23182-0
Paperback
160 pages
January 1991, Wiley-Blackwell
US $29.95
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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.
* 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.

