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  • Experts and the Will of the People

    Society, Populism and Science

    by Harry Collins, Robert Evans, Darrin Durant, Martin Weinel ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The rise of populism in the West has led to attacks on the legitimacy of scientific expertise in political decision making. This book explores the differences between populism and pluralist democracy and their relationship with science. Pluralist democracy is characterised by respect for minority choices and a system of checks and balances that prevents power being concentrated in one group, while ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • The Third Wave in Science and Technology Studies

    Future Research Directions on Expertise and Experience

    Edited by David S. Caudill, Shannon N. Conley, Michael E. Gorman, Martin Weinel ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book analyzes future directions in the study of expertise and experience with the aim of engendering more critical discourse on the general discipline of science and technology studies. In 2002, Collins and Evans published an article entitled “The Third Wave of Science Studies,” suggesting that the future of science and technology studies would be to engage in “Studies in Expertise and ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Industry 4.0 and the Road to Sustainable Steelmaking in Europe

    Recasting the Future

    Edited by Dean Stroud, Antonius Johannes Schröder, Luca Antonazzo, Clara Behrend, Valentina Colla, Aitor Goti, Martin Weinel ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    This open access book gathers original contributions focused on the transition of the European steel industry to Industry 4.0. It not only investigates how Industry 4.0 can enhance productivity, cost-saving, and sustainability in the steel industry but also helps to comprehend its broad consequences on employment, education and training, human resources, economic resilience and decarbonisation. ... Read more

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    by Ortwin Renn ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
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    $68.99 USD

  • The Fourth Industrial Revolution

    by Klaus Schwab ...
    World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolution, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work.Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are ... Read more

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  • Complexity and Social Work

    by Hans Van Ewijk ...
    Being socially competent is essential in late modern society. We expect people to find their own accommodation, partner, job, community and lifestyle and struggle to find answers for those who are not able or do not have the opportunity to achieve these things. By placing social complexity, social vulnerability and social efficacy within a framework of social policy and social practice, Complexity ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Spiral of Silence

    New Perspectives on Communication and Public Opinion

    Edited by Wolfgang Donsbach, Charles T. Salmon, Yariv Tsfati ...
    Since its original articulation in the early 1970s, the 'spiral of silence' theory has become one of the most studied theories of communication and public opinion. It has been tested in varied sociopolitical contexts, with different issues and across communication systems around the world. Attracting the interest of scholars from communication, political science, sociology, public opinion and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • We-Think

    Mass innovation, not mass production

    by Charles Leadbeater ...
    Society is no longer based on mass consumption but on mass participation. New forms of collaboration - such as Wikipedia and YouTube - are paving the way for an age in which people want to be players, rather than mere spectators, in the production process. In the 1980s, Charles Leadbeater's prescient book, In Search of Work, anticipated the growth of flexible employment. Now We-think explains how ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Theory and Method in Socio-Legal Research

    Edited by Reza Banakar, Dr Max Travers ...
    Series series Oñati International Series in Law and Society
    Socio-legal researchers increasingly recognise the need to employ a wide variety of methods in studying law and legal phenomena, and the need to be informed by an understanding of debates about theory and method in mainstream social science. The papers in this volume illustrate how a range of topics, including EU law, ombudsmen, judges, lawyers, Shariah Councils and the quality assurance industry ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Public Communication of Science and Technology

    Edited by Massimiano Bucchi, Brian Trench ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Communicating science and technology is a high priority of many research and policy institutions, a concern of many other private and public bodies, and an established subject of training and education. In the past few decades, the field has developed and expanded significantly, both in terms of professional practice, and in terms of research and reflection. At the same time, particularly in ... Read more

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  • Design Activism

    Beautiful Strangeness for a Sustainable World

    by Alastair Fuad-Luke ...
    Design academics and practitioners are facing a multiplicity of challenges in a dynamic, complex, world moving faster than the current design paradigm which is largely tied to the values and imperatives of commercial enterprise. Current education and practice need to evolve to ensure that the discipline of design meets sustainability drivers and equips students, teachers and professionals for the ... Read more

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  • Knowledge and Action

    Edited by Peter Meusburger, Benno Werlen, Laura Suarsana ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume explores interdependencies between knowledge, action, and space from different interdisciplinary perspectives. Some of the contributors discuss knowledge as a social construct based on collective action, while others look at knowledge as an individual capacity for action. The chapters contain theoretical frameworks as well as experimental outcomes.Readers will gain insight into key ... Read more

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