Rethinking science, technology, and social change / Ralph Schroeder.

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.

ix, 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-169) and index.

Why rethinking? -- The social organization of scientific and technological advance -- Big science and large technological systems -- Science, technology, and economic change -- The mediation of politics as a large technological system -- The consumption of technology in everyday life -- Who's afraid of scientific objectivity and technological determinism?