The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology - Hardcover

Wiebe E. Bijker; Thomas P. Hughes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262022621 ISBN 13: 9780262022620

Publisher: Mit Pr, 1987

Synopsis

The 13 essays in this book draw on a wide array of case studies from cooking stoves to missile systems, from 15th­century Portugal to today's AI labs - to outline an original research program based on a synthesis of ideas from the social studies of science and the history of technology.The impact of technology on society is clear and unmistakable. The influence of society on technology is more subtle. The 13 essays in this book draw on a wide array of case studies from cooking stoves to missile systems, from 15th­century Portugal to today's AI labs - to outline an original research program based on a synthesis of ideas from the social studies of science and the history of technology. Together they affirm the need for a study of technology that gives equal weight to technical, social, economic, and political questions.

About this title

About the Author:

Wiebe E. Bijker is Professor at Maastricht University and the author of Of Bicycles, Bakelites, and Bulbs: Toward a Theory of Sociotechnical Change (MIT Press) and other books.

Review:

... required reading for STS teachers and researchers - and, indeed, for anyone convinced that it is essential, in the modern world, to understand the social nature of technical innovation.―David Edge, Director, Science Studies Unit, University of Edinburgh (Endorsement)

About this edition

• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0262022621
• ISBN 13: 9780262022620
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Trevor J. Pinch