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EBOOK Science Social Theory Public Knowledge
Author | : Alan Irwin,Mike Michael |
Publsiher | : McGraw-Hill Education (UK) |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2003-10-16 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780335225897 |
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How might social theory, public understanding of science and science policy best inform one another? What have been the key features of science-society relations in the modern world? How are we to re-think science-society relations in the context of globalization, hybridity and changing patterns of governance? This topical and unique book draws together the three key perspectives on science-society relations: public understanding of science, scientific and public governance, and social theory. The book presents a series of case studies (including the debates on genetically modified foods and the AIDS movement in the USA) to discuss critically the ways in which social theorists, social scientists, and science policy makers deal with science-society relations. ‘Science' and 'society' combine in many complex ways. Concepts such as citizenship, expertise, governance, democracy and the public need to be re-thought in the context of contemporary concerns with globalization and hybridity. A radical new approach is developed and the notion of ethno-epistemic assemblage is used to articulate a new series of questions for the theorization, empirical study and politics of science-society relations.
Science and the Sociology of Knowledge RLE Social Theory
Author | : Michael Mulkay |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 2014-08-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781317651185 |
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How far is scientific knowledge a product of social life? In addressing this question, the major contributors to the sociology of knowledge have agreed that the conclusions of science are dependent on social action only in a very special and limited sense. In Science and the Sociology of Knowledge Michael Mulkay's first aim is to identify the philosophical assumptions which have led to this view of science as special; and to present a systematic critique of the standard philosophical account of science, showing that there are no valid epistemological grounds for excluding scientific knowledge from the scope of sociological analysis. The rest of the book is devoted to developing a preliminary interpretation of the social creation of scientific knowledge. The processes of knowledge-creation are delineated through a close examination of recent case studies of scientific developments. Dr Mulkay argues that knowledge is produced by means of negotiation, the outcome of which depends on the participants' use of social as well as technical resources. The analysis also shows how cultural resources are taken over from the broader social milieu and incorporated into the body of certified knowledge; and how, in the political context of society at large, scientists' technical as well as social claims are conditioned and affected by their social position.
Contested Knowledge
Author | : Steven Seidman |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 421 |
Release | : 2011-09-23 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781444358827 |
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Contested Knowledge is a well-established text offering up-to-date perspectives on social theory by one of the most important thinkers of our time. This fourth edition includes an exploration of globalization and a new section on the theories of global and world order. It provides a thoughtful and rigorous, yet highly accessible and reader-friendly account of social theory. Responds to current issues, debates, and new social movements Reviews sociological theory from a truly contemporary perspective Examines both classical and contemporary theories Combines social analysis and moral advocacy to demonstrate how social theory contributes to the making of a better world Challenges social scientists to renew their commitment to the important moral and political role social knowledge plays in public life A thoughtful and rigorous, yet highly accessible and reader-friendly account of social theory An accompanying website containing additional support for lecturers and students is available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/seidman
Interpretation and Social Knowledge
Author | : Isaac Ariail Reed |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2011-08-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780226706726 |
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For the past fifty years anxiety over naturalism has driven debates in social theory. One side sees social science as another kind of natural science, while the other rejects the possibility of objective and explanatory knowledge. Interpretation and Social Knowledge suggests a different route, offering a way forward for an antinaturalist sociology that overcomes the opposition between interpretation and explanation and uses theory to build concrete, historically specific causal explanations of social phenomena.
Knowledge and the Social Sciences
Author | : David S. Goldblatt |
Publsiher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0415329752 |
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Knowledge and the Social Sciences: Theory, Method, Practice looks at the role of the social sciences in explaining and exploring what has been called the explosion of knowledge in the contemporary world.
Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory
Author | : Barry Barnes |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2013-04-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781135029012 |
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Originally published in 1974.
Knowledge and the Social Sciences
Author | : David S. Goldblatt |
Publsiher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0415329760 |
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This book provides a clear introduction to key philosophical and epistemological issues in the social sciences, to both positivist and interpretative methodologies through comparing contemporary debates surrounding social change.
Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory
Author | : Barry Barnes |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2013-04-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781135029029 |
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Originally published in 1974.