Visions of Sts: Counterpoints in Science, Technology, and Society Studies [Paperback]

Stephen H. Cutcliffe (Editor), Carl Mitcham (Editor)

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Paperback: 170 pages
Publisher: State University of New York Press (February 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0791448460
ISBN-13: 978-0791448465
Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 1.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 272 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,979,961 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Maps interconnections between science, technology, and society in order to understand both benefits and costs.

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Brings together the views of ten leading scholars to clarify the nature of Science, Technology, and Society Studies and point toward future developments. The interdisciplinary field of STS maps out the interconnected relationships among science, technology, and society in order to better understand both the innumerable benefits as well as problematic challenges. This book, rather than presenting science and technology as autonomous entities, analyzes each contextually as societal-mediated processes that reflect cultural, political, and economic values. It contains four basic programmatic essays that deal with technological determinism, the social constructivist view, STS and policy information, and the issue of interdisciplinarity. Visions of STS also stresses more specialized perspectives of work, education, and public policy analysis, and challenges the way STS itself is pursued. Taken together, these essays offer an exciting and unusually broad overview of STS.

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