1st Edition

Technological Economy

Edited By Don Slater, Andrew Barry Copyright 2005
214 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In this major new collection, leading experts explore the multidisciplinary connections between technology and economy, drawing on new convergences between economic sociology and science and technology studies. Through theoretical and empirical studies, the authors investigate: * economics and economic knowledges as technologies * the economies as socio-technical arrangements * the nature of... Read more

Introduction  1. The Economy of Qualities  2. From Calculation to Alienation  3. Externalities in Comparative Guise  4. The Anti-Political Economy  5. Technology, Politics and the Market  6. From Pipes to Scopes: The Flow Stucture of Financial Markets  7. Cultural Political Economy, the Knowledge-Based Economy and the State  8. Performing Finance: The Industry, the Media and its Image  9. The Objectivity of the Brand: Marketing, Law and Sociology

Biography

Andrew Barry is Senior Lecturer at Goldsmiths College, University of London and Don Slater is Reader in Sociology, London School of Economics.

'The Technological Economy offers a valuable view on economics for a potentially large variety of cultural scientists. Its multidisciplinary approach researches and emphasizes the relations between economics, technology, politics and media. This is why the book definitely fills a gap in the currently available titles in sociology as well as in cultural science.' - Mosaïek Magazine