Scientific concepts on the co-evolution of technology and
society, as well as recent sociotechnical system approaches, focus
on the general interrelations between technology, socioeconomic
structures, and institutions. Their aim is to study and explain
processes and modes of technological change. Rarely, however, have
answers been put forward on the related question of processes of
socioeconomic and institutional change, provoked by emerging new
technological opportunities and constraints.
"
The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies" redresses this
imbalance, exploring the questions:
- how and to what extent do socioeconomic structures,
institutions, and actors change under the influence of new
technologies?
- how do they react to technology-induced pressures to
change?
- what patterns do they adopt?
The book provides theoretical considerations as well as
practical tools for analyzing and classifying exceptional periods
of substantial sociotechnical change. It examines the literature on
path-dependency and path-creation, on organizational and
institutional change, and on sociotechnical transitions. Case
studies on subjects such as the pharmaceutical industry, the music
industry, the energy sector, and scientific publishing support the
theoretical analysis. The book will be of interest to students and
scholars of sociology, science and technology studies, work and
industry studies, and management of technology and innovation.
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