Handbook of Science and Technology Studies

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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"This volume represents the social constructivist turn of the field. It is evident that social constructivism made a major impact on the field during the 1970s and 1980s. The diverse papers included here highlight the role of ethnography in STS. In addition, we are exposed to new perspectives of the multicultural and gendered nature of knowledge production."

—Science, Technology, and Society

For the most current, comprehensive resource in this rapidly evolving field, look no further than the Revised Edition of the Handbook of Science and Technology Studies. This masterful volume is the first resource in more than 15 years to define, summarize, and synthesize this complex multidisciplinary, international field. Tightly edited with contributions by an internationally recognized team of leading scholars, this volume addresses the crucial contemporary issues—both traditional and nonconventional—social studies, political studies, and humanistic studies in this changing field. Containing theoretical essays, extensive literature reviews, and detailed case studies, this remarkable volume clearly sets the standard for the field. It does nothing less than establish itself as the benchmark, one that will carry the field well into the next century.

"The long-awaited Handbook of Science and Technology Studies sponsored by the Society for Social Studies of Science is a truly substantial work, both in size and in the breadth of its many contributions. It is a rich and valuable guide to much that is transpiring in the field of Science and Technology Studies. In the editors' words, it is 'an unconventional but arresting atlas of the field at a particular moment in its history.'"

—Science, Technology & Society

"This book is not only an important resource for practitioners, but it also may help to spark the curiosity of those who are outside the field—including scientists and engineers themselves—and so pull the 'half-seen world' of science and technology studies even more fully into the light of day."

—American Scientist

"The book as a whole is an impressive testimony to the vitality of a burgeoning field."

—New Scientist

"It reflects the international and interdisciplinary nature of the society. An excellent resource"

—Choice

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-01-17
Mått:152 x 228 x 43 mm
Vikt:1 110 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:848
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9780761924982

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Sheila Jasanoff is Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School. A pioneer in her field, she has authored more than 100 articles and chapters and is author or editor of a dozen books, including Controlling Chemicals, The Fifth Branch, Science at the Bar, and Designs on Nature. Her work explores the role of science and technology in the law, politics, and policy of modern democracies, with particular attention to the nature of public reason. She was founding chair of the STS Department at Cornell University and has held numerous distinguished visiting appointments in the US, Europe, and Japan. Jasanoff served on the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and as President of the Society for Social Studies of Science. Her grants and awards include a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship and an Ehrenkreuz from the Government of Austria. She holds AB, JD, and PhD degrees from Harvard, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Twente. Professor James C. Peterson is the C. C. Dickson Associate Professor of Ethics at Wingate University. He has been a Research Fellow in Molecular and Clinical Genetics at the University of Iowa, earned a Ph. D. in Ethics at the University of Virginia, and is an ordained minister. His interdisciplinary work has led to being named a Fellow by the American Scientific Affiliation, a Fellow of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, to a Templeton Award, and to a research group regularly hosted by faculty of Oxford University. His book, Genetic Turning Points: the Ethics of Human Genetic Intervention, has just been released. Please visit www.eerdmans.com for additional information. Professor Trevor Pinch′s main research continues to be on musical technologies. He has collaborations with Harry Collins at the University of Cardiff and Richard Rottenburg at the University of Halle, Germany.

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ForewordIntroductionPART I. OVERVIEW1. Reinventing the Wheel - D. EdgePART II. THEORY AND METHODS2. Four Models for the Dynamics of Science - M. Callon3. Coming of Age in STS: Some Methodoligical Musings - G. Bowden4. The Origin, History, and Politics of the Subject Called "Gender and Science": A First Person Account - E. Fox Keller5. The Theory Landscape in Science Studies: Sociological Traditions - S. RestivoPART III. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CULTURES6. Science and Other Indigenous Knowledge Systems - H. Watson-Verran & D. Turnbull7. Laboratory Studies: The Cultural Approach to the Study of cience - k. Knorr Cetina8. Engineering Studies - G. Lee Downey & J. C. Lucena9. Feminist Theories of Technology - J. Wajcman10. Women and Scientific Careers - M. Frank FoxPART IV. CONSTRUCTING TECHNOLOGY11. Sociohistorical Technology Studies - W. E. Bijker12. From "Impact" to Social Process: Computers in Society and Culture - P. N. Edwards13. Science Studies and Machine Intelligence - H. M. Collins14. The Human Genome Project - S. HilgartnerPART V. COMMUNICATING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY15. Discourse, Rhetoric, Reflexivity: Seven Days in the Library - M. Ashmore, G. Myers, & J. Potter16. Science and the Media - B. V. Lewenstein17. Public Understanding of Science - B. WynnePART VI. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND CONTROVERSY18. Boundaries of Science - T. F. Gieryn19. Science Controversies: The Dynamics of Public Disputes in the United States - D. Nelkin20. The Environmental Challenge to Science Studies - S. Yearley21. Science as Intellectual Property - H. Etzkowitz & A. Webster22. Scientific Knowledge, Controversy, and Public Decision Making - B. Martin & E. RichardsPART VII. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE STATE23. Science, Government, and the Politics of Knowledge - S. E. Cozzens & E. J. Woodhouse24. Politics by the Same Means: Government and Science in the United States - B. Bimber & D. H. Guston25. Changing Policy Agendas in Science and Technology - A. Elzinga & A. Jamison26. Science, Technology, and the Military: Relations in Transition - W. A. Smit27. Science and Technology in Less Developed Countries - W. Shrum & Y. Shenhav28. Globalizaing the World: Science and Technology in International Relations - V. AncaraniReferencesFurther ReadingIndexAbout the Authors