Democracy and Technology (Conduct of Science Series)

Richard E. Sclove

ISBN 10: 089862861X / ISBN 13: 9780898628616

Published by The Guilford Press, 1995

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This eye-opening book describes how modern technologies--such as computers, automobiles, machine tools, hybrid crops, nuclear reactors, and others--contribute to vexing social problems ranging from the continued subordination of women and workers to widespread political disengagement. Engineers, manufacturers, and policy makers rarely take these consequences into account. Contending that reinvigorated democratic politics can and should supersede conventional economic reasoning as a basis for decisions about technology, Richard Sclove clearly outlines how the general public can become actively involved in all phases of technology decision making, from assessment and policy making to research and development. Winner-- American Political Science Association's Don K. Price Award.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Democracy and Technology (Conduct of Science Series)
• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 089862861X
• ISBN 13: 9780898628616
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This eye-opening book describes how modern technologies--such as computers, automobiles, machine tools, hybrid crops, nuclear reactors, and others--contribute to vexing social problems ranging from the continued subordination of women and workers to widespread political disengagement. Engineers, manufacturers, and policy makers rarely take these consequences into account. Contending that reinvigorated democratic politics can and should supersede conventional economic reasoning as a basis for decisions about technology, Richard Sclove clearly outlines how the general public can become actively involved in all phases of technology decision making, from assessment and policy making to research and development.

Winner-- American Political Science Association's Don K. Price Award

About the Author

Richard E. Sclove is Executive Director of The Loka Institute in Amherst, MA, and the founder of FASTnet (the Federation of Activists on Science & Technology Network). A recipient of a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, he is also a research fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies.