Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewTechnological change has been rightfully identified as the single most important factor for improving material well-being. Yet, despite its centrality in our lives, we seem to know very little about technology and how it develops and changes, both spatially and temporally. In this work, Govindan Parayil draws together scholarship from disciplines ranging from history to economics to sociology as he seeks to develop a cohesive theory of technological change. Drawing on a detailed case study of the Green Revolution in Indian agriculture, Parayil argues that technological change is contingent upon the social-historical process of knowledge change. Thus, he explores the policy implications of analyzing technological change as a problem-solving activity. The text should be useful to those interested in such practical applications as understanding the process of technology transfer. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Govindan Parayil, University of South FloridaPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.331kg ISBN: 9780742520042ISBN 10: 0742520048 Pages: 220 Publication Date: 02 April 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Historical Models Chapter 3 Sociological Models Chapter 4 Economic Models Chapter 5 Neo-Schumpeterian and Evolutionary Models Chapter 6 Technological Change as Problem-Solving Chapter 7 Contingency and Practical Reflexivity Chapter 8 Competing Models and Their Explanatory Power Chapter 9 Technological Change as Knowledge Change: Toward a Syncretic Theory of Technological ChangeReviewsHighly original and interesting. This is the first study to bring together and evaluate all the different strands of literature that address the issue of technological change. An ambitious and very significant contribution to the literature.--Trevor Pinch Highly original and interesting. This is the first study to bring together and evaluate all the different strands of literature that address the issue of technological change. An ambitious and very significant contribution to the literature. -- Trevor Pinch, Goldwin Smith Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University Author InformationGovindan Parayil is associate professor and coordinator of the Information and Communications Management Programme at the National University of Singapore. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
