Science Society And Power

Author : James Fairhead,Melissa Leach
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003-10-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521535662

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Science, Society and Power by James Fairhead,Melissa Leach Pdf

In this book, James Fairhead and Melissa Leach bring science to the heart of debates about globalisation, exploring transformations in global science and contrasting effects in Guinea, one of the world's poorest countries, and Trinidad, a more prosperous, industrialised and urbanised island. The book focuses on environment, forestry and conservation sciences that are central to these countries and involve resources that many depend upon for their livelihoods. It examines the relationships between policies, bureaucracies and particular types of scientific enquiry and explores how ordinary people, the media and educational practices engage with this. In particular it shows how science becomes part of struggles over power, resources and legitimacy. The authors take a unique ethnographic perspective, linking approaches in anthropology, development and science studies. They address critically prominent debates in each, and explore opportunities for new forms of participation, public engagement and transformation in the social relations of science.

Author : James Fairhead,Melissa Leach
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003-10-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521828740

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Science, Society and Power by James Fairhead,Melissa Leach Pdf

This book brings science to the heart of debates about globalization by exploring the globalization of science and its contrasting effects in Guinea (one of the world's poorest countries) and Trinidad (a more prosperous, industrialized and urbanized island). It focuses on environment, forestry and conservation, sciences that are central to these countries and involve resources that many depend upon for their livelihoods. Taking a unique ethnographic approach drawn from anthropology, development and science studies, the work will appeal to students and researchers across the social sciences, as well as policy-makers and practitioners.

Author : Stanley Aronowitz
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781452900100

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Science As Power by Stanley Aronowitz Pdf

Science has established itself as not merely the dominant but the only legitimate form of human knowledge. By tying its truth claims to methodology, science has claimed independence from the influence of social and historical conditions. Here, Aronowitz asserts that the norms of science are by no means self-evident and that science is best seen as a socially constructed discourse that legitimates its power by presenting itself as truth.

Author : Thomas Dye
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1439085250

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Power and Society by Thomas Dye Pdf

Designed as a basic text for an introductory, interdisciplinary social science course, POWER AND SOCIETY, International Edition introduces students to key concepts in anthropology, sociology, economics, psychology, political science, and history. Using the theme of power, the text first introduces each of the social sciences and demonstrates how the various disciplines differ in their focus and methods, while maintaining the central integrative theme. The text then uses an interdisciplinary viewpoint to illustrate the nature and uses of power in society. POWER AND SOCIETY, International Edition ignites students’ interest in the social sciences by exploring some of the central challenges and contemporary controversies facing American society; for example, ideological conflict, racism and sexism, poverty and powerlessness, crime and violence, community problems, and international relations.

Author : Alex Khasnabish
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-30T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773635385

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Making Sense of Society by Alex Khasnabish Pdf

Grounded in the sister disciplines of sociology and anthropology, this textbook is an accessible and critical introduction to contemporary social research. Alex Khasnabish eschews the common disciplinary silos in favour of an integrated approach to understanding and practising critical social research. Situated in the North American context, the text draws on cross-cultural examples to give readers a clear sense of the diversity in human social relations. It is organized thematically in a way that introduces readers to the core areas of social research and social organization and takes an unapologetically radical approach in identifying the relations of oppression and exploitation that give rise to what most corporate textbooks euphemistically identify as “social problems.” Focusing on key dynamics and processes at the heart of so many contemporary issues and public conversations, this text highlights the ways in which critical social research can contribute to exploring, understanding and forging alternatives to an increasingly bankrupt, violent, unstable and unjust status quo.

Author : Thomas R. Dye
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : PSU:000045775543

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Power and Society by Thomas R. Dye Pdf

Designed as a basic text for an introductory, interdisciplinary social science course. This text introduces students to central concepts in anthropology, sociology, economics, psychology, political science, and history. The text focuses these perspectives on a central integrative theme and interdisciplinary viewpoint-the nature and uses of power in society. POWER AND SOCIETY introduces students to some of the central challenges facing American society; for example, ideological conflict, racism and sexism, poverty and powerlessness, crime and violence, community problems, and international relations. Focusing on controversy stimulates students' interest and appreciation for social sciences.

Author : Thomas R. Dye
Publisher : Thomson Brooks/Cole
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Power (Social sciences)
ISBN : 0534119824

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Power and Society by Thomas R. Dye Pdf

By focusing on the theme and nature and uses of power, Dye introduces readers to the social sciences and to challenges facing American society today. Dye uses this theme to underline the interdependance of the social sciences and shows how the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, economics, psychology, political science, and history contribute to an understanding of power. Since power is wielded and reflected in virtually all forms of human interaction, it is related to many elements in the social sciences - personality, behaviour, aggression, class, mobility, wealth, income distribution, markets, culture, ideology, change, evolution, authority, oliogarchy, elites, etc.

Author : Stanley Aronowitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Discourse analysis
ISBN : 0081661657

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Science as Power by Stanley Aronowitz Pdf

Author : Howard T. Odum
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231502931

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Environment, Power, and Society for the Twenty-First Century by Howard T. Odum Pdf

Howard T. Odum possessed one of the most innovative minds of the twentieth century. He pioneered the fields of ecological engineering, ecological economics, and environmental accounting, working throughout his life to better understand the interrelationships of energy, environment, and society and their importance to the well-being of humanity and the planet. This volume is a major modernization of Odum's classic work on the significance of power and its role in society, bringing his approach and insight to a whole new generation of students and scholars. For this edition Odum refines his original theories and introduces two new measures: emergy and transformity. These concepts can be used to evaluate and compare systems and their transformation and use of resources by accounting for all the energies and materials that flow in and out and expressing them in equivalent ability to do work. Natural energies such as solar radiation and the cycling of water, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen are diagrammed in terms of energy and emergy flow. Through this method Odum reveals the similarities between human economic and social systems and the ecosystems of the natural world. In the process, we discover that our survival and prosperity are regulated as much by the laws of energetics as are systems of the physical and chemical world.

Author : Stephen Hilgartner,Clark Miller,Rob Hagendijk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136748202

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Science and Democracy by Stephen Hilgartner,Clark Miller,Rob Hagendijk Pdf

In the life sciences and beyond, new developments in science and technology and the creation of new social orders go hand in hand. In short, science and society are simultaneously and reciprocally coproduced and changed. Scientific research not only produces new knowledge and technological systems but also constitutes new forms of expertise and contributes to the emergence of new modes of living and new forms of exchange. These dynamic processes are tightly connected to significant redistributions of wealth and power, and they sometimes threaten and sometimes enhance democracy. Understanding these phenomena poses important intellectual and normative challenges: neither traditional social sciences nor prevailing modes of democratic governance have fully grappled with the deep and growing significance of knowledge-making in twenty-first century politics and markets. Building on new work in science and technology studies (STS), this book advances the systematic analysis of the coproduction of knowledge and power in contemporary societies. Using case studies in the new life sciences, supplemented with cases on informatics and other topics such as climate science, this book presents a theoretical framing of coproduction processes while also providing detailed empirical analyses and nuanced comparative work. Science and Democracy: Knowledge as Wealth and Power in the Biosciences and Beyond will be interesting for students of sociology, science & technology studies, history of science, genetics, political science, and public administration.

Author : Suzanne LaBelle,Berit Engy Henriksen,Eva Eppler
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0415576598

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Language, Society and Power by Suzanne LaBelle,Berit Engy Henriksen,Eva Eppler Pdf

`This all-new edition of a "classic" textbook provides a wide-ranging and up-to-date introduction to key concepts in sociolinguistics, written in an accessible and engaging style.' Michael Pearce, University of Sunderland, UK `This is, without a doubt, the most engaging and accessible introduction to the social and political dimensions of language use available.' Brenda Farnell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Language, Society and Power is the essential introductory text for students studying language in a variety of social contexts. This book examines the ways in which language functions, how it influences thought and how it varies according to age, ethnicity, class and gender. It seeks to answer such questions as: How can a language reflect the status of children and older people? Do men and women talk differently? How can our use of language mark our ethnic identity? It also looks at language use in politics and the media and investigates how language affects and constructs our identities, exploring notions of correctness and attitudes towards language use. While it can be used as a stand-alone text, this edition of Language, Society and Power has also been fully cross-referenced with the new companion title: The Language, Society and Power Reader. Together these books provide the complete resource for students of English language and linguistics, media, communication, cultural studies, sociology and psychology.

Author : B. Russell
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : History
ISBN : 9785885009089

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The Impact of Science on Society by B. Russell Pdf

Author : Michael Polanyi
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226163444

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Science, Faith and Society by Michael Polanyi Pdf

In its concern with science as an essentially human enterprise, Science, Faith and Society makes an original and challenging contribution to the philosophy of science. On its appearance in 1946 the book quickly became the focus of controversy. Polanyi aims to show that science must be understood as a community of inquirers held together by a common faith; science, he argues, is not the use of "scientific method" but rather consists in a discipline imposed by scientists on themselves in the interests of discovering an objective, impersonal truth. That such truth exists and can be found is part of the scientists' faith. Polanyi maintains that both authoritarianism and scepticism, attacking this faith, are attacking science itself.

Author : Brigid C. Harrison
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 1133604412

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Power and Society: An Introduction to the Social Sciences by Brigid C. Harrison Pdf

Employing the central integrative theme of power, POWER AND SOCIETY, Thirteenth Edition introduces readers to each of the social sciences and demonstrates how they differ in their focus and methods. It also presents an interdisciplinary viewpoint to illustrate the nature and uses of power in society. This compelling book will stimulate readers' interest in the social sciences as it explores some of the central challenges facing American society; for example, ideological conflict, racism and sexism, poverty and powerlessness, crime and violence, community problems, and international relations. Available with InfoTrac Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Author : Marcus Leaning
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781780631684

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The Internet, Power and Society by Marcus Leaning Pdf

An exciting challenge to how the internet and ICT have been understood in academia and popular culture and shows how important ‘cultural’ assumptions are in how we understand technology. The Internet, Power and Society argues that the way in which we view technology such as the internet owes much to older, historic views of the media and to ‘issues’ in contemporary society. Such perspectives are deeply rooted in a Western view of technology and the book concludes by offering a radically new perspective as to how the internet can change a society that is truly global in its application. An original approach to ICT and the Internet that challenges the orthodoxy Very topical subject matter - the book addresses many of the issues regarded of key import in high level political discussions (such as the World Summit on the Information Society); the current understanding of ICT and how to move beyond this interpretation An approach that moves the debate forward and offers a truly global way of understanding the Internet and ICT