Technology, Society and Inequality - New Horizons and Contested Futures (Hardcover, New edition)

Over the last 250 years, the global capitalist system has been responsible for rapid economic growth and technological change. The consequent increase in production of an ever-changing and expanding range of products and services has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and deprivation. This book suggests, however, that the primary purpose of current production and distribution is not to satisfy human needs but to create profit for the owners of capital that in turn has devastating consequences for the environment and for vulnerable people. Multidisciplinary in perspective, contributors to this volume addresses issues of inequality which affect both developed and developing countries. While they are concerned with the framework of income distribution they also explore the wider dynamics of capitalist systems of production and consumption and examine the dimensions of inequality from both an economic and socio/cultural perspective. The book has three key themes: relations between technologies, inequalities and exploitation; issues surrounding technologies and development; and the nature of technologies and their associated opportunities in the face of the future. That future is contested, and in the present context of persistent inequalities, a debate about where we might be going and how we might get there is crucial. This book makes a trenchant and challenging contribution to this debate.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Digital Formations, 87
Release date:	July 2013
First published:	2013
Editors:	Erika Cudworth • Peter Senker • Kathy Walker
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	215
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-1971-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General
LSN:	1-4331-1971-4
Barcode:	9781433119712

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