Democracy and technology / Richard E. Sclove.
"This eye-opening book describes how modern technologies--such as computers, automobiles, machine tools, hybrid crops, nuclear reactors, and others--contribute to vexing social problems ranging from the continued subordination of women and workers to widespread political disengagement. Engineer...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Guilford Press,
[1995]
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| Series: | Conduct of science series.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "This eye-opening book describes how modern technologies--such as computers, automobiles, machine tools, hybrid crops, nuclear reactors, and others--contribute to vexing social problems ranging from the continued subordination of women and workers to widespread political disengagement. Engineers, manufacturers, and policy makers rarely take these consequences into account. Contending that reinvigorated democratic politics can and should supersede conventional economic reasoning as a basis for decisions about technology, Richard Sclove clearly outlines how the general public can become actively involved in all phases of technology decision making, from assessment and policy making to research and development."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-318) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0898628601 9780898628609 089862861X 9780898628616 |