Overview

How are new sciences and technologies created, coordinated and managed? The case studies in this volume show that technologies are the contingent result of complex processes: social negotiation and coordination between the actors (firms, government agencies, engineers) and planners.

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Author:   Cornelis Disco ,  Barend van der Meulen
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Imprint:   De Gruyter
Volume:   82
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9783110156300

ISBN 10:   311015630
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   17 August 1998
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Coordination of Ship Propeller Design: Technical Models and the Relation of T. Y. Draco with Queen Elizabeth ?I -- Chapter 2. Means of Coordination in Making Biological Science: On the Mapping of Plants, Animals, and Genes -- Chapter 3. Coordination in Military Socio-technical Networks: Military Needs, Requirements and Guiding Principles -- Chapter 4. Getting an Experiment Together in High Energy Physics: Big Plans, Big Machines, and Bricolage -- Chapter 5. Why Are Chickens Housed in Battery Cages? -- Chapter 6. Aligning Gender and New Technology: The Case of Early Administrative Automation -- Chapter 7. Expectations in Technological Developments: An Example of Prospective Structures to be Filled in by Agency -- Chapter 8. Boundary Maintenance and Radioactive Waste Disposal Technology in the U.S., 1945–1970 -- Chapter 9. Meaningful Boundaries: Symbolic Representations in Heterogeneous Research and Development Projects -- Chapter 10. Antagonistic Patterns and New Technologies -- Chapter 11. Getting Case Studies Together: Conclusions on the Coordination of Sociotechnical Order -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index

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