Sociology of Science & Technology Books

New and Published Books

1. Science at the Cross Roads (Routledge Revivals)

   Papers from The Second International Congress of the History of Science and Technology 1931

   Edited by N. Bukharin et al.

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   The papers given by the Soviet Delegation to the Second International Congress of the History of Science and Technology in London in 1931, headed by N. I. Bukharin, exerted a profound influence on Western historiography of science. Perhaps the most influential contribution was that of Hessen, who...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Nuclear Power, Economic Development Discourse and the Environment

   The Case of India

   By Manu Mathai

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies

   Nuclear power is often characterized as a "green technology." Technologies are rarely, if ever, socially isolated artefacts. Instead, they materially represent an embodiment of values and priorities. Nuclear power is no different. It is a product of a particular political economy and the question...

   Published January 7th 2013 by Routledge
3. Innovation in Socio-Cultural Context

   Edited by Frane Adam, Hans Westlund

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   Innovation - the process of obtaining, understanding, applying, transforming, managing and transferring knowledge - is a result of human collaboration, but it has become an increasingly complex process, with a growing number of interacting parties involved. Lack of innovation is not necessarily...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
4. Thomistic Principles and Bioethics

   By Jason T. Eberl

   Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics

   Alongside a revival of interest in Thomism in philosophy, scholars have realised its relevance when addressing certain contemporary issues in bioethics. This book offers a rigorous interpretation of Aquinas's metaphysics and ethical thought, and highlights its significance to questions in bioethics...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Revisited

   Edited by Vasso Kindi, Theodore Arabatzis

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science

   The year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Thomas S. Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Up until recently, the book’s philosophical reception has been shaped, for the most part, by the debates and the climate in philosophy of science in the 1960s and 1970s; this new...

   Published November 25th 2012 by Routledge
6. Environmental Apocalypse in Science and Art

   Designing Nightmares

   By Sergio Fava

   Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

   At a time when it is clear that climate change adaptation and mitigation are failing, this book examines how our assumptions about (valid and usable) knowledge are preventing effective climate action. Through a cross-disciplinary, empirically-based analysis of climate science and policy, the book...

   Published November 25th 2012 by Routledge
7. Video Surveillance and Social Control in a Comparative Perspective

   Edited by Fredrika Björklund, Ola Svenonius

   Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

   This edited collection reports the results of a comparative study of video surveillance/CCTV in Germany, Poland, and Sweden. It investigates how video surveillance as technologically mediated social control is affected by national characteristics, with a specific concern for recent political...

   Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge
8. Knowledge and Power in Collaborative Research

   A Reflexive Approach

   Edited by Louise Phillips, Marianne Kristiansen, Marja Vehviläinen, Ewa Gunnarsson

   Series: Routledge Advances in Research Methods

   Collaborative research embraces a multiplicity of practices in which social actors are invited to participate in the research process as co-producers of knowledge. But what is actually meant by “co-production” in collaborative research? Knowledge and Power in Collaborative Research presents a...

   Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Technological State in Indonesia

   The Co-constitution of High Technology and Authoritarian Politics

   By Sulfikar Amir

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   Using a historical sociology approach, this book illustrates the formation of the technological state in Indonesia during the New Order period (1966-1998). It explores the nexus between power, high technology, development, and authoritarianism situated in the Southeast Asian context. The book...

   Published September 17th 2012 by Routledge
10. Shanghai Expo

    An International Forum on the Future of Cities

    Edited by Tim Winter

    Series: CRESC

    In 2010 Shanghai hosted the largest, most spectacular and most expensive expo ever. Attracting a staggering 73 million visitors, and costing around US$45 billion dollars, Shanghai Expo broke the records in the history of world's fairs and universal expositions. With more than half of the world’s...

    Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge