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First published in 1988, this book provides students with a way to increase their understanding of the role of science and technology in society. Steven Yearley draws on and develops ideas from research in the sociology and politics of science to address, in particular: the nature of scientific knowledge and the authority it commands; the political and economic role of science in the West; the relationship between science, technology, and social change in underdeveloped countries. Examples used range from nineteenth-century brain science to the strategic defence initiative, and from hugely expensive experiments in nuclear physics, to proposals for inexpensive boat-building programmes in the Sudan. Overall, this reissue provides a comprehensive and stimulating account of the role played by science and technology in contemporary social change.
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Steven Yearley is Professor of Sociology at the University of York; author of "Science and Sociological Practice "(Open University Press, 1984), "Science Technology and Social Change "(Unwin Hyman, 1988) and "The Green Case: A Sociology of Environmental Arguments, Issues and Politics "(Harper Collins, 1991); editor of "Deciphering Science and Technology "(with M McNeill and I Varcoe), and "Protecting the Periphery: Environmental Policy in Peripheral Regions of the European Union "(with S Baker and K Milton).
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0043012590
- ISBN 13 9780043012598
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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