Author : Jon Alexander
Publisher : Presses Université Laval
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 32,60 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9782763772073
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Publisher : Odile Jacob
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 30,25 MB
Release :
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ISBN : 2738184766
Author : Susan E. Cozzens
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 12,50 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9400920911
On a mountainside in sunny Tuscany, in October 1989, 96 people from 23 countries on five continents gathered to learn and teach about the problems of managing contemporary science. The diversity of economic and political systems represented in the group was matched by our occupations, which stretched from science policy practitioners, through research scientists and engineers, through academic observers of science and science policy. It was this diversity, along with the opportunities for infonnal discussion provided by long meals and remote location, that made the conference a special learning experience. Except at lecture time, it was impossible to distinguish the "students" at this event from the "teachers," and even the most senior members of the teaching staff went away with a sense that they had learned more from this group than from many a standard conference on science policy they had attended. The flavor of the conference experience cannot be captured adequately in a proceedings volume, and so we have not tried to create a historical record in this book. Instead, we have attempted to illustrate the core problems the panicipants at the conference shared, discussed, and debated, using both lectures delivered by the fonnal teaching staff and summaries of panel discussions, which extended to other panicipants and therefore increased the range of experiences reponed.
Author : Michel Callon
Publisher : Economica
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 46,96 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
A new era is beginning, in which success will go to those who can manage the hybrid activities between science, technology and the market. Bringing together the top specialists in the field, this book takes stock of the methods and tools that are being developed and used in Europe today to ensure, by evaluating programmes, a genuine strategic management of research and technology.
Author : Fabian Muniesa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 35,74 MB
Release : 2014-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1135089957
Do things such as performance indicators, valuation formulas, consumer tests, stock prices or financial contracts represent an external reality? Or do they rather constitute, in a performative fashion, what they refer to? The Provoked Economy tackles this question from a pragmatist angle, considering economic reality as a ceaselessly provoked reality. It takes the reader through a series of diverse empirical sites – from public administrations to stock exchanges, from investment banks to marketing facilities and business schools – in order to explore what can be seen from such a demanding standpoint. It demonstrates that descriptions of economic objects do actually produce economic objects and that the simulacrum of an economic act is indeed a form of realization. It also shows that provoking economic reality means facing practical tests in which what ought to be economic or not is subject to elaboration and controversy. This book opens paths for empirical investigation in the social sciences, but also for the philosophical renewal of the critique of economic reality. It will be useful for students and scholars in social theory, sociology, anthropology, philosophy and economics.
Author : Anders Blok
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 28,59 MB
Release : 2019-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 1351619721
This companion explores ANT as an intellectual practice, tracking its movements and engagements with a wide range of other academic and activist projects. Showcasing the work of a diverse set of ‘second generation’ ANT scholars from around the world, it highlights the exciting depth and breadth of contemporary ANT and its future possibilities. The companion has 38 chapters, each answering a key question about ANT and its capacities. Early chapters explore ANT as an intellectual practice and highlight ANT’s dialogues with other fields and key theorists. Others open critical, provocative discussions of its limitations. Later sections explore how ANT has been developed in a range of social scientific fields and how it has been used to explore a wide range of scales and sites. Chapters in the final section discuss ANT’s involvement in ‘real world’ endeavours such as disability and environmental activism, and even running a Chilean hospital. Each chapter contains an overview of relevant work and introduces original examples and ideas from the authors’ recent research. The chapters orient readers in rich, complex fields and can be read in any order or combination. Throughout the volume, authors mobilise ANT to explore and account for a range of exciting case studies: from wheelchair activism to parliamentary decision-making; from racial profiling to energy consumption monitoring; from queer sex to Korean cities. A comprehensive introduction by the editors explores the significance of ANT more broadly and provides an overview of the volume. The Routledge Companion to Actor-Network Theory will be an inspiring and lively companion to academics and advanced undergraduates and postgraduates from across many disciplines across the social sciences, including Sociology, Geography, Politics and Urban Studies, Environmental Studies and STS, and anyone wishing to engage with ANT, to understand what it has already been used to do and to imagine what it might do in the future.
Author : J. L. Messia
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 1272 pages
File Size : 17,75 MB
Release : 1993-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780792319597
The "European Yearbook" promotes the scientific study of European organisations and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Each volume contains a detailed survey of the history, structure and yearly activities of each organisation and an up-to-date chart providing a clear overview of the member states of each organisation. In addition, a number of articles on topics of general interest are included in each volume. A general index by subject and name, and a cumulative index of all the articles which have appeared in the "Yearbook," are included in every volume and provide direct access to the "Yearbook's" subject matter. Each volume contains a comprehensive bibliography covering the year's relevant publications. This is an indispensable work of reference for anyone dealing with the European institutions.
Author : Madeleine Akrich
Publisher : Presses des MINES
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 37,83 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : 2911256387
MICHEL CALLON a marqué les sciences humaines et sociales par sa production académique, par ses activités d’animateur de la communauté scientifique et par son rôle de médiateur entre la recherche et le monde de la politique, de l’administration et de l’entreprise. Il a multiplié les espaces d’entente et de confrontation, en se déplaçant aussi bien sur le terrain de la sociologie que sur celui des politiques de recherche et d’innovation, de l’anthropologie économique, de la scientométrie, de la science politique ou de l’anthropologie de la médecine.
Author : Steve Rayner
Publisher :
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 13,33 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN :
Author : Steve Rayner
Publisher :
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 10,20 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Nature
ISBN :
This four-volume set assesses social science research relevant to global climate change from a wide-ranging interdisciplinary perspective. The volumes, available in either hard- or softcover, can be purchased individually or as a set.
