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Politics and Technology

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  • © 1992
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Authors:
  1. John Street
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. A Few Technicalities

    • John Street
    Pages 1-13

  3. Political Change and Technical Change

    • John Street
    Pages 14-45

  4. The State and Technology

    • John Street
    Pages 46-69

  5. The Politics of Science

    • John Street
    Pages 70-91

  6. The Political Effects of Technology

    • John Street
    Pages 92-114

  7. Choosing Technologies

    • John Street
    Pages 115-137

  8. The Green Solution

    • John Street
    Pages 138-156

  9. The Technical Fix

    • John Street
    Pages 157-176

  10. Democracy and Technology

    • John Street
    Pages 177-197

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 198-212
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Overall, this is a well-written account and a useful guide to an important area of study. Alan Irwin, Senior Lecturer, Sociology, Brunel University Technology and politics are increasingly inextricably linked. This book explores the various aspects of this important relationship analysing the implications of their connections for political values and decisions and in particular the problems posed for democracy by technological development. In answering these questions, Politics and Technology discusses the nature of science, the ideas of the Green movement, the political implications of bio-technology and the communications revolution, and arguments about the impact of technical change on equality and freedom.

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