Handbook of Science and Technology Studies

"This volume represents the social constructivist turn of the field. It is evident that social constructivism made a major impact on the field during the 1970s and 1980s. The diverse papers included here highlight the role of ethnography in STS. In addition, we are exposed to new perspectives of the multicultural and gendered nature of knowledge production." —Science, Technology, and Society For the most current, comprehensive resource in this rapidly evolving field, look no further than the Revised Edition of the Handbook of Science and Technology Studies. This masterful volume is the first resource in more than 15 years to define, summarize, and synthesize this complex multidisciplinary, international field. Tightly edited with contributions by an internationally recognized team of leading scholars, this volume addresses the crucial contemporary issues—both traditional and nonconventional—social studies, political studies, and humanistic studies in this changing field. Containing theoretical essays, extensive literature reviews, and detailed case studies, this remarkable volume clearly sets the standard for the field. It does nothing less than establish itself as the benchmark, one that will carry the field well into the next century. "The long-awaited Handbook of Science and Technology Studies sponsored by the Society for Social Studies of Science is a truly substantial work, both in size and in the breadth of its many contributions. It is a rich and valuable guide to much that is transpiring in the field of Science and Technology Studies. In the editors' words, it is 'an unconventional but arresting atlas of the field at a particular moment in its history.'" —Science, Technology & Society "This book is not only an important resource for practitioners, but it also may help to spark the curiosity of those who are outside the field—including scientists and engineers themselves—and so pull the 'half-seen world' of science and technology studies even more fully into the light of day." —American Scientist "The book as a whole is an impressive testimony to the vitality of a burgeoning field." —New Scientist "It reflects the international and interdisciplinary nature of the society. An excellent resource" —Choice

Table of Contents:
Foreword Introduction PART I. OVERVIEW 1. Reinventing the Wheel - D. Edge PART II. THEORY AND METHODS 2. Four Models for the Dynamics of Science - M. Callon 3. Coming of Age in STS: Some Methodoligical Musings - G. Bowden 4. The Origin, History, and Politics of the Subject Called "Gender and Science": A First Person Account - E. Fox Keller 5. The Theory Landscape in Science Studies: Sociological Traditions - S. Restivo PART III. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CULTURES 6. Science and Other Indigenous Knowledge Systems - H. Watson-Verran & D. Turnbull 7. Laboratory Studies: The Cultural Approach to the Study of cience - k. Knorr Cetina 8. Engineering Studies - G. Lee Downey & J. C. Lucena 9. Feminist Theories of Technology - J. Wajcman 10. Women and Scientific Careers - M. Frank Fox PART IV. CONSTRUCTING TECHNOLOGY 11. Sociohistorical Technology Studies - W. E. Bijker 12. From "Impact" to Social Process: Computers in Society and Culture - P. N. Edwards 13. Science Studies and Machine Intelligence - H. M. Collins 14. The Human Genome Project - S. Hilgartner PART V. COMMUNICATING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 15. Discourse, Rhetoric, Reflexivity: Seven Days in the Library - M. Ashmore, G. Myers, & J. Potter 16. Science and the Media - B. V. Lewenstein 17. Public Understanding of Science - B. Wynne PART VI. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND CONTROVERSY 18. Boundaries of Science - T. F. Gieryn 19. Science Controversies: The Dynamics of Public Disputes in the United States - D. Nelkin 20. The Environmental Challenge to Science Studies - S. Yearley 21. Science as Intellectual Property - H. Etzkowitz & A. Webster 22. Scientific Knowledge, Controversy, and Public Decision Making - B. Martin & E. Richards PART VII. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE STATE 23. Science, Government, and the Politics of Knowledge - S. E. Cozzens & E. J. Woodhouse 24. Politics by the Same Means: Government and Science in the United States - B. Bimber & D. H. Guston 25. Changing Policy Agendas in Science and Technology - A. Elzinga & A. Jamison 26. Science, Technology, and the Military: Relations in Transition - W. A. Smit 27. Science and Technology in Less Developed Countries - W. Shrum & Y. Shenhav 28. Globalizaing the World: Science and Technology in International Relations - V. Ancarani References Further Reading Index About the Authors