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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817075003321

Titolo

The technological economy / / edited by Andrew Barry and Don Slater

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-30712-8

1-134-30713-6

1-280-09983-6

0-203-02245-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BarryAndrew <1960->

SlaterDon

Disciplina

306.3

Soggetti

Economics - Sociological aspects

Technology - Social aspects

Economics - Political aspects

Information society

Economics - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The economy of qualities; 2 From calculation to alienation; 3 Externalities in comparative guise; 4 The anti-political economy; 5 Technology, politics and the market; 6 From pipes to scopes; 7 Cultural political economy, the knowledge-based economy, and the state; 8 Performing finance; 9 The objectivity of the brand; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this major new collection, leading experts explore the multidisciplinary connections between technology and economy, drawing on new convergences between economic sociology and science and technology studies. Through theoretical and empirical studies, the authors investigate:* economics and economic knowledges as technologies* the economies as socio-technical arrangements* the nature of innovation* the role of technological mediations in representing and performing economies. This revealing book, ideal for



those with an interest in contemporary social theo