Science and technology in society

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"This text challenges the widely held notion of science as somehow outside of society, and the idea that technology proceeds automatically down a singular and inevitable path. Through specific case studies involving contemporary debates, this book shows that science and technology are fundamentally part of society and are shaped by it." "Drawing on concepts from political sociology, organizational analysis, and contemporary social theory, this book is a first-rate study of technoscience that places power, stratification, and discourse at its center. The author shows how actors (typically social groups or organizations) in powerful positions shape developments in technoscience in significant ways, and how new developments affect people differently depending on class, race, gender, and geographical location."--Jacket.

subjects: Science,  Science and civilization,  Social aspects,  Social aspects of Science,  Social aspects of Technology,  Technology,  Technology and civilization,  Technologie et civilisation,  Aspect social,  Sciences et civilisation,  Sciences,  Wetenschappen,  Technologie,  Einfluss,  71.43 technology and society,  Naturwissenschaften,  Sociale aspecten,  Sociologische aspecten,  Science, social aspects,  Technology, social aspects