The Fail-Safe Society: Community Defiance and the End of American Technological Optimism - Softcover

Piller, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520082028 ISBN 13: 9780520082021

Publisher: University of California Press, 1993

Synopsis

Here is the first balanced assessment of opposition by community groups to scientific and technological projects seen to offer hazards to their communities. Charles Piller shows how ecological disasters and technological breakdowns have robbed Americans of their faith in the beneficence of technology, and he offers a guide for achieving meaningful public involvement in scientific and technological decision-making.

About this title

About the Author

Charles Piller is Associate Editor of Macworld Magazine and co-author of Gene Wars: Military Control Over the New Genetic Technologies (1988).

From the Back Cover

"An insightful analysis of the social and ethical dilemmas posed by recent developments in science and technology. . . . Piller's book makes an important contribution."―David Dickson, Editor, New Scientist

From the Inside Flap

"An insightful analysis of the social and ethical dilemmas posed by recent developments in science and technology. . . . Piller's book makes an important contribution."—David Dickson, Editor, New Scientist

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520082028
• ISBN 13: 9780520082021
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252