Computer Technology and Social Issues

Addresses issues of the computer age in the context of developing a national public policy for information technology. Incorporates research and case studies in discussion of the potential of computers to threaten privacy or encourage democracy. Other themes include information technology as personal, organizational, and societal power. Useful for instructors wishing to give computer science students a perspective on the social issues and political choices surrounding computing. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

G. David Garson is a professor of political science and public administration at North Carolina State University. He is editor of the Social Science Computer Review, published by Duke University Press, and is author or editor of a dozen books and monographs on research methods, public administration and American politics. Dr. Garson is a graduate of Princeton and Harvard Universities. In addition to his full professorship, he serves as associate dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, supervising three computer laboratories in social sciences and the humanities at the North Carolina State University.