|
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions
|
Buy Now
The Social Life of Nanotechnology (Paperback)
Loot Price: R1,627
Discovery Miles 16 270
|
|
|
The Social Life of Nanotechnology (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
This book addresses the interconnections and tensions between
technological development, the social benefits and risks of new
technology, and the changing political economy of a global world
system as they apply to the emerging field of nanotechnologies. The
basic premise, developed throughout the volume, is that
nanotechnologies have an undertheorized and often invisible social
life that begins with their constructed origins and propels them
around the globe, across multiple localities, institutions and
collaborations, through diverse industries, research labs, and
government agencies and into the public sphere. The volume situates
nano innovation and development as a modernist science and
technology project in a tense and unstable relationship with a
fractured, postmodern social world. The book is unique in
incorporating and integrating studies of innovation systems along
with a focus on the risks and consequences of a globally
significant set of emerging technologies. It does this by examining
the social and political conditions of their creation, production,
emergence, and reception.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
