Controversy : politics of technical decisions

Author(s)

• Nelkin, Dorothy

Bibliographic Information

Controversy : politics of technical decisions

edited by Dorothy Nelki

Sage Publications, c1979

2nd ed

Note

"A Sage Mark edition."

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book of controversies over science and technology describes and analyses the struggles between different perspectives: between those who see technological development as a rational and objective process and those who see this process as primarily political. 'No one has produced a more formidable body of work on technology, politics, and decision-making than Dorothy Nelkin; and I, like many others, have come to look forward to each new instalment. Controversy, a set of case studies edited by Nelkin...easily earns its place on my bookshelf.' -- Knowledge, Vol 1 No 4, June 1980

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA00385044
• ISBN:
  • 0803912099
• LCCN: 78021339
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Beverly Hills, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: 256 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : T14.5
  • DC19 : 361.6/13
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Technology -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Science -- Social aspects