Technological Democracy
DOWNLOAD
Download Technological Democracy PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Technological Democracy book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Democracy And Technology
DOWNLOAD
Author : Richard Sclove
language : en
Publisher: Guilford Press
Release Date : 1995-07-28
Democracy And Technology written by Richard Sclove and has been published by Guilford Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-07-28 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Intended for anyone interested in democracy and public policy, social justice and empowerment, political economy and business or the social consequences of technology and architecture.
Technology Development And Democracy
DOWNLOAD
Author : Juliann Emmons Allison
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2012-02-01
Technology Development And Democracy written by Juliann Emmons Allison and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with Political Science categories.
Technology, Development, and Democracy examines the growing role of the Internet in international affairs, from a source of mostly officially sanctioned information, to a venue where knowledge is often merged with political propaganda, rhetoric and innuendo. The Internet not only provides surfers with up-to-the-minute stories, including sound and visual images, and opportunities to interact with one another and experts on international issues, but also enables anyone with access to a computer, modem, and telephone line to influence international affairs directly. What does this portend for the future of international politics? The contributors respond by providing theoretical perspectives and empirical analyses for understanding the impact of the communications revolution on international security, the world political economy, human rights, and gender relations. Internet technologies are evaluated as sources of change or continuity, and as contributors to either conflict or cooperation among nations. While the Internet and its related technologies hold no greater, certain prospect for positive change than previous technological advances, they arguably do herald significant advances for democracy, the democratization process, and international peace.
Democracy In A Technological Society
DOWNLOAD
Author : L. Winner
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-03-09
Democracy In A Technological Society written by L. Winner and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-09 with Science categories.
This ninth volume is one of the most arnbitious in the Philosophy and Technology series. Edited by technopolitical philosopher Langdon Winner, it assembles an impressive collection of philosophers and political theorists to discuss one of the most important topics of the end of the twentieth century - the bearing of technology, in all its rarnifica tions, on the practice of democratic politics in the developed world. When set beside the previous volume in the series - Europe, America, and Teehnology - the two together open a philosophical dialogue of great significance about the ways technology challenges democracy at its very roots. Some philosophers think the attack is fatal. Others are optimistic that democratic means can be discovered, or invented, for the control of technology. Still others object to an optimism-versus-pes simism formulation of the issue. But alI agree that the issue is highly significant, one that demands serious philosophical inquiry. The Society for Philosophy and Technology was fortunate in being able to draw this group of writers to Bordeaux, France, in 1989, along with a large number of others whose contributions to the debate could not be included here. It is equally fortunate to have chosen Langdon Winner as president when the time carne to select the best of the papers to fashion this volume. University of Delaware PAUL T.
Technological Democracy
DOWNLOAD
Author : Carol J. Hager
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 1995
Technological Democracy written by Carol J. Hager and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
An examination of the role of the citizen in a society in which specialized knowledge confers power
Technology And Democracy Toward A Critical Theory Of Digital Technologies Technopolitics And Technocapitalism
DOWNLOAD
Author : Douglas Kellner
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-10-06
Technology And Democracy Toward A Critical Theory Of Digital Technologies Technopolitics And Technocapitalism written by Douglas Kellner and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-06 with Social Science categories.
As we enter a new millennium, it is clear that we are in the midst of one of the most dramatic technological revolutions in history that is changing everything from the ways that we work, communicate, participate in politics, and spend our leisure time. The technological revolution centers on computer, information, communication, and multimedia technologies, is often interpreted as the beginnings of a knowledge or information society, and therefore ascribes technologies a central role in every aspect of life. This Great Transformation poses tremendous challenges to critical social theorists, citizens, and educators to rethink their basic tenets, to deploy the media in creative and productive ways, and to restructure the workplace, social institutions, and schooling to respond constructively and progressively to the technological and social changes that we are now experiencing.
Digital Technology And Democratic Theory
DOWNLOAD
Author : Lucy Bernholz
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2021-02-17
Digital Technology And Democratic Theory written by Lucy Bernholz and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-17 with Political Science categories.
One of the most far-reaching transformations in our era is the wave of digital technologies rolling over—and upending—nearly every aspect of life. Work and leisure, family and friendship, community and citizenship have all been modified by now-ubiquitous digital tools and platforms. Digital Technology and Democratic Theory looks closely at one significant facet of our rapidly evolving digital lives: how technology is radically changing our lives as citizens and participants in democratic governments. To understand these transformations, this book brings together contributions by scholars from multiple disciplines to wrestle with the question of how digital technologies shape, reshape, and affect fundamental questions about democracy and democratic theory. As expectations have whiplashed—from Twitter optimism in the wake of the Arab Spring to Facebook pessimism in the wake of the 2016 US election—the time is ripe for a more sober and long-term assessment. How should we take stock of digital technologies and their promise and peril for reshaping democratic societies and institutions? To answer, this volume broaches the most pressing technological changes and issues facing democracy as a philosophy and an institution.
Accelerating Democracy
DOWNLOAD
Author : John O. McGinnis
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2013
Accelerating Democracy written by John O. McGinnis and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Law categories.
Explains how politicians and citizens can use technology to enhance American democracy.
Liberation Technology
DOWNLOAD
Author : Larry Diamond
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2012-07-30
Liberation Technology written by Larry Diamond and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-30 with Political Science categories.
Liberation Technology brings together cutting-edge scholarship from scholars and practitioners at the forefront of this burgeoning field of study. An introductory section defines the debate with a foundational piece on liberation technology and is then followed by essays discussing the popular dichotomy of liberation'' versus "control" with regard to the Internet and the sociopolitical dimensions of such controls. Additional chapters delve into the cases of individual countries: China, Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia.
Technical Fouls
DOWNLOAD
Author : John Kurt Jacobsen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-02-07
Technical Fouls written by John Kurt Jacobsen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-07 with Political Science categories.
What is it that shapes the direction of technological progress in advanced industrial societies? Is it science? Technology itself? Or is it something even more powerful and all-encompassing, like power or money or politics? John Kurt Jacobsen addresses this topic by investigating how contemporary democratic capitalist states govern the development and deployment of their scientific and technological resources. He examines the interaction of ideology, profits, and power, and their combined effect upon technology policy in democracies.The ?social function of science? has been a contentious area of scholarly study throughout the second half of the twentieth century. Although the book focuses mainly on the United States, for the sake of instructive comparison, it also studies technological development of other societies, including the former Soviet Union and China. Some competing accounts of technical change across the borders include laissez faire, cultural, and neo-Marxist markets. In fact, with regard to laissez faire markets, even to inquire if science has a social function is to deviate from the appropriate images of economic development. What is always politically at stake is who will rule the next stage in production due to each swing in technology, which will, in turn, be associated with a new structure of control. Most recently, the microchip revolution and cyberspace are the most highly publicized candidates for the next upswing in technology?and thus the next new structure of control.The explanatory focus of the book is on ideology, or on ideas about how technology works and should work, and the three key areas of policy contention discussed are industrial development, military uses, and the environment. Students and scholars of science, technology, and sociology should find this book useful in coming to terms with the fundamental questions underlying the development of technology today.
Information And American Democracy
DOWNLOAD
Author : Bruce Bimber
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-02-24
Information And American Democracy written by Bruce Bimber and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-02-24 with Computers categories.
This book assesses the consequences of new information technologies for American democracy in a way that is theoretical and also historically grounded. The author argues that new technologies have produced the fourth in a series of 'information revolutions' in the US, stretching back to the founding. Each of these, he argues, led to important structural changes in politics. After re-interpreting historical American political development from the perspective of evolving characteristics of information and political communications, the author evaluates effects of the Internet and related new media. The analysis shows that the use of new technologies is contributing to 'post-bureaucratic' political organization and fundamental changes in the structure of political interests. The author's conclusions tie together scholarship on parties, interest groups, bureaucracy, collective action, and political behavior with new theory and evidence about politics in the information age.