Social Responses to Large Technical Systems

Porte, Todd R. La

ISBN 10: 0792311922 / ISBN 13: 9780792311928

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Social Responses to Large Technical Systems: Regulation, Management, or Anticipation, Berkeley, California, October 17-21, 1989 Series: NATO Science Series D:. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465. . 1991. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780792311928

Synopsis:

This volume stems from the efforts of scholars who seek to understand the social dynamics of large technical systems. The purpose is to develop concepts and empirical knowledge concerning the dynamics of such systems, with particular emphasis on the processes ofcontrol and/or management in a variety of national settings, and to improve the basis of public policy so that future developments might be less distressing in consequence and more shaped to the desires of their "host" societies. One vehicle for this enterprise is a series of international conferences on the Evolution andDynamics ofLarge Technical Systems (LTSs). This series was instituted to encourage the coalescence of the multidisciplinary group of scholars who are actively engaging in the empirical study of these phenomena. Their disciplines span history, sociology, political science, and economics studies. They come Australia, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and West Germany. And they possess strong backgrounds in the empirical study of specific technical areas and a taste for conceptual and theoretical integration.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Social Responses to Large Technical Systems
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New