{"product_id":"science-and-technology-in-society-isbn-9780631231813","title":"Science and Technology in Society","description":"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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on concepts from political sociology, organizational analysis, and contemporary social theory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAvoids dense theoretical debate.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes case studies and concluding chapter summaries for students and scholars.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Acknowledgments. \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Science is Political\/ Technology is Social: Concerns, Concepts, and Questions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy is Thinking about Science and Technology so Hard?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnoscience is Social.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnoscience is Political.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Ceding Debate: Biotechnology and Agriculture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiotechnology and the Social Organization of Agriculture and Agri-business.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Discursive Landscape in the Debate over Biotechnology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Rethinking Information Technology: Caught in the World Wide Web.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding the Digital Divide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHigh Technology Education.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics, Civil Action, and the Internet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Owning Technoscience: Understanding the New Intellectual Property Battles.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntellectual Property, Social Common Sense, and the Knowledge Commons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntellectual Property and the Information Technology Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOwning Life: Intellectual Property in Biological Materials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntellectual Property and Innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Technoscience in the Third World: The Politics of Indigenous Resources.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScience, Technology, and Colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Colonialism to Bio-Colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTowards Equity in the Exchange of Biological Resources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Gender and the Ideology of Merit: Women, Men, Science, and Engineering.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Merit” and Stratification in Science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen, Men, and Academic Science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and Men in Science-Based Industry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond Stratification in Science and Engineering: Artifacts and Research as Gendered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Democracy and Expertise: Citizenship in a High Tech Age.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Limits to Expert Knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Virtues of Lay Knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarriers to Democratizing Technoscience and Expertise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategies for Overcoming the Obstacles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Confronting the Problem: A Summary and Coda.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  “Kleinman has written a wise and instructive book that is certain to help the next generation of students from all disciplines understand the increasingly critical issues in science, technology, and society.” \u003ci\u003eDavid Guston, Arizona State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An excellent book for an introduction to science and technology studies in the context of a social science survey course or seminar.\" \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDaniel Lee Kleinman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin--Madison. He is the author most recently of\u003ci\u003e Impure Cultures: University Biology and the World of Commerce\u003c\/i\u003e (2003).  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 single 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on concepts from political sociology, organizational analysis, and contemporary social theory, this book is a first-rate study of technoscience that places power, stratification, and discourse at its center. The author shows how actors (typically social groups or organizations) in powerful positions shape developments in technoscience in significant ways, and how new developments affect people differently depending on class, race, gender, and geographical location. Avoiding dense theoretical debate, this book is ideal for those interested in science and technology studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989993308389,"sku":"NP9780631231813","price":100.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631231813.jpg?v=1761786139","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/science-and-technology-in-society-isbn-9780631231813","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}