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The Sociology of Scientific Work: The Fundamental Relationship between Science and Society
Author(s): Dominique Vinck (Author)
- Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
- Publication Date: August 30, 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 184844964X
- ISBN-13: 9781848449640
Book Description
Dominique Vinck examines the various relationships between science and society including the emergence of sciences, the dynamics of innovation and technical democracy. He also investigates the principal social mechanisms of science and technology such as institutions, organizations, exchanges between researchers and the construction of scientific knowledge, expertise and innovation. The book provides a thorough overview of the field and reviews the major theoretical and methodological approaches as well as the current state of research on a range of topics.
This original book will strongly appeal to students and researchers in the social sciences including economics, the management of innovation, political science and the sociology of science. All those interested in the debate on the role of science and technology in society will also find this book to be of great interest.
Editorial Reviews
Review
–Geoffrey C. Bowker, Santa Clara University, US
‘[T]his book is a very detailed inventory of the different sociological works about science. The bibliography is thorough; it recalls forgotten, often uncited, and unjustly unappreciated authors. . . Social scientists will find in this book a substantial panorama of the sociological views on science. Their students will too. They will be able to deepen their social studies of science by using this as a bibliographic guide and consulting selections from the various works mentioned.’
–Geneviève Teil, Science and Public Policy
