Technology for the Common Good

By Joel Samuel Yudken

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897580478
• ISBN13: 9780897580472
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Inst for Policy Studies
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"

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Essays on technology

A collection of essays from 1993 on theoretical aspects of technology in the United States, put out by the Institute for Policy Studies. The editors are Michael Shuman & Julia Sweig. Contents as follows: *Preface *Intro *Beyond 'Dual-Use Policy:' A National Needs Investment Strategy for Science & Technology - Joel Yudken *Technological Politics as if Democracy Really Mattered: Choices Confronting Progressives - Richard Sclove *Technology & Control in the Workplace - Charley Richardson *The Conversation We Haven't Had: Technology, Trauma, & the Wild - Chellis Glendinning *Ending Toxic Pollution through Environmental Democracy - Sanford Lewis *appendix: a letter sent to President Lyndon Johnson by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Triple Revolution As with most essay anthologies, not every piece is as well-written as one might like, but there's some interesting stuff.