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- Visions of STS: Counterpoints in Science, Technology, and Society Studies
- Book
- 2001
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series in Science, Technology, and Society (discontinued)
summary
Maps interconnections between science, technology, and society in order to understand both benefits and costs. Visions of STS 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.
Table of Contents
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- 7. STS from a Policy Perspective
- pp. 99-108
- Part III. Critiques
- p. 109
- 8. STS on Other Planets
- pp. 111-122
- 9. Gender: The Missing Factor in STS
- pp. 123-138
- Bibliography
- pp. 155-162
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791491126
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
794701363
Pages
176
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No